Facts
- There are about 390,000,000,000 trees in a rain forest.
- Only 2% of sunlight can reach the forest floor.
- It takes about 10 minutes for rain to reach the forest floor because there is a lot of big, tall trees that grow there.
- The amazon rain forest is about as big as the U.S.A.
- There are so many kinds of insects in the rain forest that it is impossible to count them all!
- An estimated count of insects in the rain forest is 30 million!
- The amazon river is about 4,000 miles.
- 1 rain forest species goes extinct every 15 minutes.
- There are about 50 million people living in the rain forest.
- Nearly all rain forests get over 6 feet of rain per year. Some get 16 and some even get 30.
- Emergents are trees that grow higher than canopy trees. Emergents can grow higher than a 14 story building.