TemperateTropical Lie North of the Tropic of Cancer And South of the Tropic of Capricorn.

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TemperateTropical

Lie North of the Tropic of Cancer And South of the Tropic of Capricorn

Lie along the equator

Tropical Warm & wet year round Avg. temp degrees C. Annual Rainfall 2,000- 4,000 mm per year Temperate Seasons- dry summer, wet winter Avg. temp. not extreme Annual Rainfall avg ,000 mm per year

With Canopy Cranes

Title Slide  rainforest picture: g  Eden Communications (2003). Sound file. Accessed on 5/26/06 at Slide 1  Temperate Forest Picture Accessed on 5/26/06 at  Tropical Rainforest picture Accessed on 5/26/06 at Slide 2  Wheeling Jesuit University/NASA-supported Classroom of the Future. Rainforest Map. Slide 3  Map Image Accessed on 5/26/06 at Slide 4  Molles, M.(2002). Ecology Concepts and Applications. [Images] McGraw-Hill Higher Education: NewYork..pg. 35. Slide 5  Viau, E. (1999). [Tropical Food Web Image] Accessed on 5/26/06 at nweb.html  Viau, E. (1999). [Temperate Food Web Image] Accessed on 5/26/06 at mpweb.html Slide 6  University of Washington. (2005) [Crane images] Accessed on 5/26/06 at