Best Things to Know about Rainforest of India

India is a beautiful and an amazing country with different types of natural features and forest habitats and of course a diverse population. One such natural forest habitats includes rainforests. Before knowing some best things about rainforests of India, it is important to know some basic information related to rainforests.

As the name suggests, rainforests are forests which receive continuous rainfall throughout the year. They are a type of forest habitat. These forests are usually located in warm climates mostly located near the tropics. These are dense forests which are very rich in biodiversity. So, now after we briefly know about rainforests, let’s know some best things about rainforests!

1. India has tropical rainforests where it is always hot and sticky climatic conditions.
2. Rainforests are the oldest ecosystems on Earth which has survived. Others don’t exist today as they ended.
3. Rainforests play a major role in regulating rainfall water levels. They regulate the rainfall level as self-water themselves.
4. As per a recent research, it has been concluded that around 70 percent of natural herbs or plants that cure a very common disease cancer are found in rainforests.
5.  A football ground sized area of a rainforest has over four hundred trees making rainforests very rich in biodiversity.
6. Brazil is known as the lungs of the earth because of Amazon rainforest present there.
7. These rainforests play a very important role in balancing the pollution level.

Therefore, all thanks to these rainforests because of which we are able to breathe. So, let’s value these.

Toshani Mehra

Delhi Public School Greater Noida