Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Objects Facet
3. Built Environment (hierarchy name)
4. Settlements and Landscapes (hierarchy name)
5. landscapes (environments)
6. natural landscapes
7. vegetation
8. plant communities (natural)
9. forests (plant communities)

Narrower term/s

• evergreen rainforests [NP]
• seasonal rainforests [NP]
• temperate coniferous forests [NP]
• temperate broad-leaved rainforests [NP]

Anotations

Scope note:

Forests with varied vegetation, depending upon whether they are tropical or temperate, but having in common a high annual rainfall of between 98-180 inches. Tropical rainforests are found closer to the equator and temperate rainforests are found farther north near coastal areas.