Named tropical forest landscapes of consistently high rainfall and dense canopy, such as the Daintree Rainforest. Belongs here: a named rainforest or comparably dense tropical landscape held as a landform entity in this atlas. Does not belong here: the river basin that drains the same rainforest region, which is a distinct entity under River Basins and Drainage Basins even where the two overlap on a map.
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Formation AgentClimatic (High Rainfall) 1 All Rainforests and Tropical Landscapes
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1. Rainforest - Wikipedia
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Average annual rainfall is no less than 168 cm (66 in) and can exceed 1,000 cm (390 in) although it typically lies between 175 cm (69 in) and 200 cm (79 in).
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