temperate rainforest
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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
A temperate rainforest, also known as a Celtic rainforest, can be found in places with high rainfall and humidity and a low annual variation in temperature.
From BBC • Aug. 12, 2024
Devon Wildlife Trust is hoping to double the area of temperate rainforest by reconnecting broken fragments of forest.
From BBC • Jan. 29, 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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