temperate rainforest
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temperate rainforests
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Not the tropical kind you may be thinking of, but an ancient and precious woodland known as a temperate rainforest.
From BBC ● May 25, 2026
Volunteers are hoping to raise funding to continue restoring a rare temperate rainforest habitat which has shrunk across the country.
From BBC ● Apr. 18, 2026
Unlike the tropical climate of the Amazon, a temperate rainforest is much wetter and cooler.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2024
All that precipitation is what gives the park one of its unique and attractive features — its large areas of temperate rainforest.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 26, 2023
It’s not like you’re at Mount Rainier, in this temperate rainforest, “but definitely be prepared with rain gear and warm clothes. Always bring water, something a lot of people neglect when it’s cold.”
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 8, 2023
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