Physical Description of Biome (Abiotic Factors)
1. Location
- The Daintree Rainforest is located in the Southern Hemisphere
- It is located in Queensland, Australia. Therefore, the continent of the Daintree Rainforest is Australia
- The Daintree Rainforest is solely located in Australia or the Commonwealth of Australia (Daintree Rainforest Information)
- Google Maps Location
2. Climate
- On average, 2013 millimeters of rain falls annually (Climate)
- The average wind speed in the Daintree Rainforest is 16.7 kilometers per hour (Daintree Wind)
- Average temperatures of about 30 degrees celcius in the summer and 24 degrees celcius in the winter (Daintree Weather)
3. Topography
- The Daintree Rainforest soil is usually either deep sand or tough clay; the blossoming forest floor's soil is not very rich at all (AU)
- The Daintree Rainforest's altitude is an average of around 200 feet (Topographic)
- The water sources are mostly rivers. The Mossman River is the centre of the region of the Daintree Rainforest(South). The Bloomfield River (40 miles north from the Mossman River). The Great Barrier Reef extends 1,250 miles along the north eastern coast of the Daintree. The Daintree Rainforest's beaches include the Wonga beach, Cape Kimberly beach, Cow Bay beach, Thornton's beach, Cape Tribulation beach, and the Emmagen beach (Rainforest)
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Rainforest, Reef, Rivers and Beaches. (2014). Retrieved September 22, 2016, from http://www.destinationdaintree.com/the-daintree/rainforest-reef-rivers-beaches
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