Synopsis
The water cycle in rainforests.
- Programme: Planet Earth
- Episode: Jungles
- Channel: BBC One
- Broadcast year: 2006
- Geography | Ecosystems | Tropical rainforest biomes | Tropical rainforest ecosystems
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