https://padlet.com/alexjudgefm335/c7qqfrypauut made for GCSE Geography en-us 2017-11-09 06:57:35 UTC 2025-10-08 09:48:35 UTC hello@padlet.com alexjudgefm335 https://padlet.com/alexjudgefm335/c7qqfrypauut/wish/205146572 in the next few posts I will entail the importance of the rainforest]]> 2017-11-09 07:01:39 UTC https://padlet.com/alexjudgefm335/c7qqfrypauut/wish/205146572 alexjudgefm335 https://padlet.com/alexjudgefm335/c7qqfrypauut/wish/205147016 Surprisingly, soil in the rainforest is very poor in nutrients. This is because the nutrients are stored in the vast numbers of trees and plants rather than in the soil. Tree roots bind the soil together, while the canopy protects the soil from heavy rains. When a tree dies and its trunk falls to the forest floor, it decays and the nutrients it contains are recycled. However, if trees are removed from the forest, the nutrients are removed with it, along with the protection provided by the tree roots and the forest canopy. The unprotected soil is then simply washed away in heavy rains, causing blockages and floods in lowland rivers, while leaving upland rivers dry.

]]> 2017-11-09 07:06:32 UTC https://padlet.com/alexjudgefm335/c7qqfrypauut/wish/205147016 alexjudgefm335 https://padlet.com/alexjudgefm335/c7qqfrypauut/wish/205147129 The Rainforest is like a Huge sponge, it soaks up water. In fact, it is believed that the Amazonian forests alone store over half of the Earth's rainwater!. ]]> 2017-11-09 07:08:11 UTC https://padlet.com/alexjudgefm335/c7qqfrypauut/wish/205147129 alexjudgefm335 https://padlet.com/alexjudgefm335/c7qqfrypauut/wish/205148226 The rainforest provides a habitat for some of the worlds most extraordinary plants and animals. For example, the Amazon Rainforest provides the habitat for my favorite living animal, the jaguar. It is important to preserve the rainforests to keep these animals alive and well]]> 2017-11-09 07:15:47 UTC https://padlet.com/alexjudgefm335/c7qqfrypauut/wish/205148226 alexjudgefm335 https://padlet.com/alexjudgefm335/c7qqfrypauut/wish/205149506 we do this because the human population is growing faster and faster, so people need more and more space to live, work and go to school.]]> 2017-11-09 07:23:56 UTC https://padlet.com/alexjudgefm335/c7qqfrypauut/wish/205149506 alexjudgefm335 https://padlet.com/alexjudgefm335/c7qqfrypauut/wish/205150259 If we keep cutting down the trees in the rainforest at the rate that we are now we could completely destroy rainforests around the world, this means we hinder the ability for the earth to balance the amount of greenhouse gases that are in the atmosphere.]]> 2017-11-09 07:28:08 UTC https://padlet.com/alexjudgefm335/c7qqfrypauut/wish/205150259