African Rainforest
Geography
3/4 of central Africa is rainforests
Considered a dryer rainforest
Second largest rainforest in the world
Rainforest cover 20% of Africa
Has lots of trees and dirt
estimated 8,000 plant species
Only identified 10% of plants
Climate
Rains about 63-78 inches of rain a year
73 to 87 degrees Fahrenheit on average
1 out of 4 ingredients in medicine are made form African plants
over 600 tree species
"The trees of a tropical rainforest are so densely packed that rain falling on the canopy can take as long as 10 minutes to reach the ground." stated by (http://interesting-africa-facts.com/Africa-Landforms/African-Rainforest-Facts.html)
It is very humid and warm
Only 2% of the sunlight hits the forest floor
Near the equator
Natural Resorces
There is much rain
There is a lot of trees for lumber
There is fruit from the trees
Animals
A very widely known animal there is the gorilla
There are forest elephants they have a longer bottom jaw
There are chimpanzeeswhich weigh from 99 to 176 pounds
There are dawn bats which look kind of like dogs
There are Harpy Eagles which have a seven foot wing span
