Synopsis
David Attenborough discusses the rainforest climate and explains where earth's rainforests are located.
- Programme: The Living Planet
- Episode: Jungle
- Channel: BBC Two
- Broadcast year: 1984
- Geography | Ecosystems | Tropical rainforest biomes | Tropical rainforest ecosystems
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