Concept information

land > natural area > terrestrial area > forest > tropical forest

Preferred term

tropical forest  

Definition

  • A vegetation class consisting of tall, close-growing trees, their columnar trunks more or less unbranched in the lower two-thirds, and forming a spreading and frequently flat crown; occurs in areas of high temperature and high rainfall.

Broader concept

URI

http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/concept/8687

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