Hey guys! It's Monday, and instead of another edition of SCRATCHies Weekly, you'll be hearing me talk! Well, I guess it's more like you reading what I write. But I digress. Anyway, today is the International Day of Forests, so I've prepared for you a post all about forests!
FUN FACTS ABOUT FORESTS
- Broadleaf forests are, well it's in the name, but if you were wondering, broadleaf forests are forests made up of trees that have, you guessed it, broad leaves
- Forests near the Ozarks, Oklahoma, and Arkansas are broadleaf forests
- The trees in coniferous forests don't have leaves; they have thin narrow needles.
- Tropical rain forests are hot, humid places usually found near the equator.
- The world's biggest rain forests surround the Amazon River and the Congo River in Africa.
- Cloud forests are often covered in low-level clouds and fog, and are usually found in mountainous areas.
- Boreal forests are found in colder climates.
- In some regions, evergreen trees can withstand coldness 24/7
- Boreal forests are also called the taiga.
- Forests cover approximately 31% of the Earth!
- Plants and animals live more in forests than in any other part of the world!
- More than 25% of medicine comes from forests.
- The world's oldest non-clonal (natural) tree is a recently discovered and is from the White Mountains here in California!
- We are losing forests at a rate of 48 football fields per minutes!! That's equal to 853.28 square feet per minute! :(
- The Amazon, the planet's largest rain forest, lost at least 17% of its forest cover in the last 50 years due to human activity- mainly from deforestation.
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SOME INTERESTING FOREST-RELATED WEBSITES TO VISIT:
Conservation of Forests (VIDEO!!)
P.S.
ReplyDeleteToday is World Water Day, so make sure not to waste any! :)