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)
10. [forests by biome]

Narrower term/s

• jungles [NP]
• evergreen rainforests
• seasonal rainforests
• semi-evergreen forests
• moist/dry deciduous forests

Anotations

Scope note:

Forests located near the equator, within the area bounded by latitudes 23.5 degrees N and 23.5 degrees S. Tropical forests include the rainforest, the cloud forest, and the dry forest, such as the pine savanna and others. One of the major characteristics of tropical forests is their distinct seasonality: winter is absent, and only two seasons are present, rainy and dry. The length of daylight is 12 hours and varies little. Of all earth’s environments, they harbor the greatest diversity of species.