wunder beta🌴 Where Rainforests Are
Rainforests are warm, wet, and bursting with life. In this gentle picture-journey you'll find the world's greatest rainforests on a map — the Amazon, the Congo, and the forests of Southeast Asia — mee
What you’ll learn
- What Is a Rainforest?Understand that a rainforest is a warm, wet, green forest full of life.Rainforests are warm and rainy all year, with very tall trees and more kinds of animals than almost anywhere else. Young learners meet the idea through a friendly image and an example animal, the toucan.
- The Warm Middle of the EarthIntroduce the Equator and why rainforests grow warm and wet near it.The Equator is the imaginary line around the middle of the Earth. It gets the most direct sunshine, so it stays warm all year, and warm air brings lots of rain. Warm plus wet is the recipe for a rainforest.
- The Amazon: The Biggest of AllLocate the Amazon in South America as the world's largest rainforest and meet its animals.The Amazon, in South America, is the largest rainforest in the world, with the great Amazon River running through it. Animals like the jaguar and the sloth make it their home.
- The Congo: Africa's Great ForestLocate the Congo in Africa as the second-largest rainforest and meet the gorilla.The Congo rainforest in Africa is the world's second-largest, warm and wet like the Amazon and also near the Equator. It is home to gorillas, the largest apes, who live gently in families.
- The Forests of Southeast AsiaLocate the rainforests of Southeast Asia and meet the orangutan.Southeast Asia's rainforests grow on warm, green islands near the Equator. Orangutans — orange apes with long arms — live in these trees and nowhere else in the wild.
- The Rainforest BeltTie the three great rainforests together as a warm belt around the Equator and celebrate why rainforests matter.The Amazon, Congo, and Southeast Asian rainforests all sit in the warm, wet belt around the Equator — that is why they exist. Rainforests help make clean air and give us foods like chocolate and bananas.
Questions this course answers
What is the weather like in a rainforest?
A rainforest is warm and rainy all year long. That is why the trees grow so tall and green and so many animals live there.
Where on Earth do the great rainforests grow?
The Equator is the middle line of the Earth. It gets the most sunshine, so it is warm — and warm plus wet is perfect for rainforests.
Which is the biggest rainforest in the world?
The Amazon, in South America, is the biggest rainforest in the whole world. A giant river called the Amazon River runs through it.
Where in the wild do orangutans live?
Wild orangutans live only in the rainforests of Southeast Asia. They have orange fur and long arms and swing through the trees.
Why do the Amazon, the Congo, and the Southeast Asia rainforests all look like they are in the same stripe on the map?
All three great rainforests hug the Equator. That warm, wet middle belt of the Earth is exactly where rainforests love to grow.
Grounded in trusted sources
- National Geographic Kids — Rainforests
- WWF — Amazon and Congo Basin
- Britannica — Tropical rainforest; Equator
- worldrainforests.com — The world's largest rainforests
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