Six terrestrial biomes (rainforests, desert, tundra, grasslands, taiga, and temperate) are covered in depth in these attractive pages from the Missouri Botanical Gardens.
"Tropical and temperate rainforests share certain characteristics.
"Tropical rainforests are home to many of the strangest looking and most beautiful, largest and smallest, most dangerous and least frightening, loudest and quietest animals on earth.
"Tropical rainforests are mainly the product of climatic interactions, particularly temperature and rainfall.
"Rainforests are living emeralds which adorn our world with rare beauty and natural wonders.
Rainforests are defined and created by rainfall: more than eighty inches per year. Tropical rainforests are located near the equator, a majority of them in Latin America. Temperate rainforests are found in coastal areas, such as the 1,200 miles of tempera
