tropical rain forest

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Decades later, Theodore Roosevelt made it a national reserve, and El Yunque remains the only tropical rain forest in the National Forest system.

From Washington Post • Oct. 15, 2018

Home to the world’s third largest tropical rain forest, with mountainous terrain and hundreds of islands, Papua New Guinea is considered one of the most biodiverse places on Earth.

From National Geographic • Aug. 2, 2017

But the scene they are creating — a tropical rain forest — requires color and light, elements in short supply at Salinas Valley State Prison.

From New York Times • Apr. 2, 2017

Between 2011 and 2012, their residence on the high seas sailed to the seven continents, where adventures included visiting a tropical rain forest and watching walruses in the wild.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 4, 2013

It is embedded with stone logs, the remains of a tropical rain forest that was swept up in the eruption and buried in ash and mud.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston