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RAINFOREST
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A forest with heavy annual rainfall
Synonyms:
rain forest; rainforest
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("rainforest" is a kind of...):
forest; wood; woods (the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rainforest"):
temperate rain forest (a rain forest in a temperate area)
selva; tropical rain forest (a rain forest in a tropical area)
Context examples:
The Amazon lost 7,989 square kilometres of rainforest between August 2015 and July 2016, according to a survey published by the Amazon Environmental Research Institute (IPAM) based on late 2016 government data.
(Amazon lost 7,989 km² of forest in 12 months, Agência Brasil)
Previous research used satellite-based measurements of vegetation greenness to investigate changes in the Amazon rainforest, notably the effects of severe short-term droughts in 2005 and 2010.
(NASA finds drought may take toll on Congo rainforest, NASA)
Giant trees like the ones we found are simply awe-inspiring, they remind us how amazing the Amazon rainforest is, and how important it is to preserve it.
(Expedition finds tallest tree in the Amazon, University of Cambridge)
Ultrafine aerosol particles found in polluted urban air can contribute to more intense storms in the Amazon rainforest, with potential knock-on effects for weather and climate patterns in the region and beyond, researchers have warned.
(Tiny pollutants intensify storms in the Amazon, SciDev.Net)
The study found a gradually decreasing trend in Congo rainforest greenness.
(NASA finds drought may take toll on Congo rainforest, NASA)
The research team analysed the influence of ultrafine particles on cloud cycles in the rainforest during the 2014 rainy season, when there were no forest fires and the only source of pollution was Manaus, the largest city in the Amazon.
(Tiny pollutants intensify storms in the Amazon, SciDev.Net)
A new analysis of NASA satellite data shows Africa's Congo rainforest, the second-largest tropical rainforest in the world, has undergone a large-scale decline in greenness over the past decade.
(NASA finds drought may take toll on Congo rainforest, NASA)
While this study looks specifically at the impact of a persistent drought in the Congo region since 2000, researchers say that a continued drying trend might alter the composition and structure of the Congo rainforest, affecting its biodiversity and carbon storage.
(NASA finds drought may take toll on Congo rainforest, NASA)
