Sentences with phrase «covered in tropical rainforest»

High rainfall and tropical heat lend a high humidity and mean that most of the country is covered in tropical rainforest - an area second largest only to Brazil.

It is a truly wild island with the long spine of the Barison mountain chain running down the western side and is mostly covered in tropical rainforest.

mountain chain running down the western side and is mostly covered in tropical rainforest.

Fitzroy is a continental island 4 square km in size, 97 % of the island is National Park, covered in tropical rainforest and freely accessible to the public via an established network of clearly marked walking tracks.

The Island is covered in tropical rainforest of which 97 % is listed as a protected National Park.

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The Central Africa Forest Initiative (CAFI) aims at fighting against deforestation by protecting the Congo Basin forest cover, the second largest tropical rainforest in the world.

Lowland Antarctica was warm and covered in near - tropical vegetation, and London was a mangrove swamp as rainforests spread across much of the planet.

The following topics are covered: Climate change Extreme weather (Hurricanes and Drought) Extreme weather in the UK (anticyclones and depressions) Ecosystems and biomes Managing ecosystems (tropical rainforests and semi-arid grasslands) Development gap Development continuum Aid and management Health and development Regional development - North South divide This booklet was used to distribute to parents in order to assist parents quiz their child to revise, parents that did not attend were sent the packs home (I have included the instructions on the front).

The third biggest island in Fiji, much of the landmass is covered in lush rainforest - which is home to a huge variety of birdlife, tropical plants, hidden waterfalls and more.

Australia's largest island national park is covered in mountains, fragile heathland, tropical rainforest and mangrove fringes.

The island is mainly covered in dense tropical rainforest and has a mountainous interior.

Rainforest covers the mountains in the interior of this tropical island.

Much of this area is also covered in virgin tropical rainforest rich in palms, exotic flora and fauna, and tropical hardwoods.

In the tropical rainforest the high trees are covered with bromeliads, orchids, ferns and mosses, it truly is a natural paradise.

Ellis Beach is situated halfway between Cairns and Port Douglas, in beautiful gardens and on the loveliest beach in Tropical North Queensland, surrounded by rainforest covered mountains.

Song Saa Private Island in the Gulf of Thailand in Cambodia is private and secluded, covered with a tropical rainforest and empty white - sand beaches.

Fitzroy Island is 99 per cent national park covered in lush tropical rainforest and is famed for its range of exhilarating, scenic treks.

Manu National Park is a protected area in southern Peru covering 1.5 million hectares of mostly tropical rainforest.

Gaya Island Resort is located on Pulau Gaya, the largest of a cluster of five islands that form the Tunku Abdul Rahman Marine Park, a natural conservation area off the coast of Borneo, close to Kota Kinabalu.Gaya Island Resort has a unique setting: the land is fringed with a golden sandy beach, rocky coastal outcrops, and surrounded by coral reefs.The hilly island landscape is covered with lush tropical rainforest and an abundance of flora and fauna.And to complete this perfect setting, visible in the distance, is the stunning outline of Mount Kinabalu.The guest villa exterior respects Sabahan architecture, uses local materials and blends harmoniously with the natural environment.

The tropical rainforest is much larger, and the Sahara desert is covered in grassland.

Whether it's the destruction of rainforest shared by elephants and orangutans in Sumatra to produce palm oil; reports linking fast food giants to the burning of tropical forests in Brazil and Bolivia; or the hundreds of thousands of hectares of tree cover loss per year in West Africa — the world's forests are being razed to sate global demand for -LSB-...]

I see no reason why tropical rainforests will die when paleoclimate data tells us that they covered more area in the time when temperatures where higher than today.