Temperate Rainforest in the Pacific Northwest. A unique place on Earth - location.

Temperate Rainforest in the Pacific Northwest

A unique place on Earth - location

24°C/75°FPacific Northwest

Rainforest

Temperature comparison

High temperatures

48°C/119°FMojave Desert

Low temperatures

4°C/40°FPacific Northwest

Rainforest -13°C/8°FMojave Desert

120 inchesPacific Northwest

Rainforest 5 inchesMojave Desert

Rainfall comparison

42 inchesNew York City

25 inchesParis, France

Some of the amazing species found there

Prickly shark Brown bear Spotted owl

Orca Douglas fir Washington ground squirrel

Earth’s largest temperate rainforests

Temperate rainforests are shown here in green.

Threats to the temperate rainforest

and …

Building of homes Construction of roads Global warming

Unsustainable logging and its consequences

Forest loss in the southern Pacific Northwest

April 2006 November 2011

Many acres of forest were logged in the past 5 years

1 mile / 1.6 km 1 mile / 1.6 km