What Is the Average Rainfall in a Rainforest?
Rainforests have more average annual rainfall than any other biome. The amount of rainfall in a deciduous forest is the closest to the rainforest, and receives a third less rainfall annually, on average, than a rainforest. In recent years, efforts to prevent destruction of the rainforest through deforestation have stepped up. However, the earth’s rainforests have already shrunk significantly. The rainforest cannot exist without its trees. This essential ecosystem depends on trees for the very element that makes this type of forest a rainforest — rain.