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Across 6. A word to describe places that are located close to the Equator. 8. A country that exploits its rainforest will be hoping for economic............... 10. Plants that live on the branches of trees and obtain their nutrients from water and air rather than the soil. 11. A chart that shows how the rainfall and temperature pattern for a place throughout the year. 13. A global impact of deforestation due to less Carbon Dioxide being removed from the atmosphere. 14. The cutting down of trees often on a very large scale. 16. This can be easily eroded away by heavy rainfall when the protective canopy is removed. 18. The economic activity where areas of forest are cleared that cows can be put on the land to make beef. 20. Cutting down trees in order to obtain the valuable wood. 21. The temperature is always high in the rainforest and has a small temperature ......... 22. Where minerals in the soil are washed away by heavy rainwater. 23. A type of power generation where dams and reservoirs are found. 24. These happen during most afternoons in rainforest ecosystems and bring lots of rain. 25. The name given to the large roots that rainforest trees have that give them support.

Down 1. The infertile red, iron-rich, soil that is found in rainforests. 2. A product found in many food that is grown on plantations in SE Asian rainforests. 3. Attempting to develop economically without destroying the environment or damaging peoples lives in the future. 4. The variety of plants and animals living in a place. In the rainforest this is huge. 5. A large concrete barrier that can be put across a river 7. This can be done as trees are felled to ensure that trees are still present in the future. 9. Money owed can be reduced in exchange for protecting areas of rainforest. 12. A sustainable use of the rainforest where people visit for a holiday without damaging the environment or local culture. 13. The layer of the rainforest that contains most of the food and living things. 15. Digging up the ground in order to obtain valuable materials like gold or copper. 16. The type of farming where crops are grown for a family/community to eat themselves, rather than sell. 17. The term given to people are native to, or originate from a place. 19. The country with the largest rainforest.