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Meanings of rainforest in English

Portuguese
floresta equatorial
Catalan
selva tropical
Spanish
selva

A forest with heavy annual rainfall.

floresta equatorial
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Examples for "rain forest"
Examples for "rain forest"
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It was discovered barely weeks ago growing in a remote rain forest.
Wired
2
Stakes rise, trade is disrupted, and population concentrates-lethalin a rain forest.
The world without us
3
You can choose between clean water, rain forest preservation, or polio vaccines.
Wired
4
Marudi is the last major trading post before the rain forest begins.
The new yorker
5
Did they know about the place in the rain forest in Florida?
On Stranger Tides
Usage of rainforest in English
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An incredible 77 per cent of the rainforest still remains intact today.
News.com.au
2
The rainforest climate I need it, I need it, I need it.
The Guardian
3
Fires in the Amazon rainforest have captured attention worldwide in recent days.
The South African
4
Brazil's environment minister has defended his government's record on protecting the rainforest.
BBC
5
Pressure is also coming from the authorities, who are weakening rainforest protections.
The Guardian
6
The rainforest is threatened by unsustainable logging, infrastructure development and agricultural expansion.
Reuters
7
Now it may also help to save the rainforest and its wildlife.
The Irish Times
8
But a mature rainforest needs the species that show up later, too.
Wired
9
Such are the delights of an expedition to the South American rainforest.
The Irish Times
10
He even mooted a rail line through the heart of the rainforest.
News.com.au
11
The documentary chronicles the litigation and oil production in the Amazon rainforest.
Reuters
12
On Sunday, Pope Francis also joined the call to protect the rainforest.
Radio NZ
13
The regional outbreak threatens to infect remote indigenous communities in the rainforest.
Reuters
14
The image shows a critically endangered Bornean orangutan in the Indonesian rainforest.
The South African
15
It is on a river at the heart of the Amazon rainforest.
The Guardian
16
All I could see was unbroken and endless rainforest in every direction.
The Irish Times
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Translations for rainforest
Spanish
selva
Rainforest through the time
Rainforest across language varieties
Australia
Common
Ireland
Less common
United States of America
Less common
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