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Ecoregions of North America, featuring the 50 United States, the District of Columbia and the five inhabited territories. The following is a list of ecoregions in the United States as identified by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). The United States is a megadiverse country with a high level of endemism across a wide variety of ecosystems.
In northern Idaho rainforest patches along the Clearwater River, a mean annual temperature of 5.4°C has been measured. [8] In British Columbian Inland rainforest areas, the mean annual temperature ranges from 2.7 to 4.5°C. In the coldest months, the mean temperature of these region lies between -8 and -9.5°C. [9]
English: This map of the Eastern United States shows what areas meet the climactic definition of a temperate rainforest: - High annual rainfall (at least 1400 mm) - Cool year-round temperatures (4 to 12°C average) - Wet summers (at least 10% of total precipitation occurring during the summer months) - Moderate July temperatures (dark green less than 16°C, medium green less than 18°C ...
English: A map showing the areas where temperate rain forests can be found throughout the world. The factual accuracy of this map or the file name is disputed. Reason: Please see the relevant discussion on the talk page .
Map of national forests and national grasslands of the United States. The United States has 154 protected areas known as national forests, covering 188,336,179 acres (762,169 km 2; 294,275 sq mi). [1] National forests are managed by the U.S. Forest Service, an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. [2]
The Appalachian temperate rainforest has a cool and mild climate and meets the criteria of temperate rainforests identified by Alaback. [1] Temperature and precipitation are extremely variable with elevation, with rainforest conditions usually but not always concentrated around spruce–fir forests at higher elevations.
At night, in this village near the Assua River in Brazil, the rainforest reverberates. Until recently, the Juma people seemed destined to disappear like countless other Amazon tribes decimated by ...
Temperate rainforest occurs in fragments across the north and west of Europe in countries such as southern Norway (see Scandinavian coastal conifer forests) and northern Spain. Other temperate rainforest regions include areas of south eastern Europe such as mountains on the east coast of the Adriatic Sea , surrounding North Western Bulgaria ...