My gerography viedo tropical rainforest

Presented byMay Thazin Phoo

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Evergreen forestEvergreen forest

Broad leaveBroad leave

Drip-tip leaveDrip-tip leave

Dense forestDense forest

Tall trees reach a Heightof 40 to 50 meters

Tall TreesTall Trees

Trees grow such Height to receive more sunlight

More More sunlightsunlight

Buttress rootButtress root

Trees have Butress roots to support their heavy, tall trunks

Tall trees reach a height of15 to 30 meters

Tall TreesTall Trees

Crowns of trees inerlock to form a continuous leaf cover

Continuous Continuous leaf coverleaf cover

Interior of tropical rainforest is cool and moist as it receive 70 to 100 % of sunlight

Interior of Interior of rainforestrainforest

Common in Common in layerlayer

Lianas and Epiphytes are common in this layer

Under growth layer

Less sunlightLess sunlight

Common in layerCommon in layer

The Bukit Timah Nature Reserve is 164 hectares in size and it located at Hindhede Drive, in the central part of Singapore

Bukit Timah Bukit Timah nature nature reservereserve

Some prescription drugs sold worldwide today are derived directly from rainforest plants

Medical Medical propertiepropertiess

Water Water catchment catchment areasareas

The tropical rainforest provide people with a place to enjoy outdoor activities like jogging etc..

RecreationRecreational al activitiesactivities

The plants in the rainforest remove carbon dioxide and generate a lot of the Earth’s oxygen.

Increase of Increase of oxygen in oxygen in the airthe air

Plants can prevent the erosion of soil as their roots holds onto the soil and prevent it from being washed away by rain

Prevents Prevents erosion of erosion of soilsoil