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Rain forests

LC control no.sh 85111193
LC classificationQH86 Natural history
SD131 SD247.5 Forestry
Topical headingRain forests
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Variant(s)Rain forests--Tropics
Rainforests
Tropical rain forests
Tropical rainforests
See alsoForests and forestry
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Cloud forests
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Scope noteHere are entered works on forests consisting primarily of tall, broad-leaved evergreen trees located in areas of high annual rainfall chiefly, but not exclusively, in the tropics. Works on areas of luxuriant, impenetrable vegetation occurring where light penetrates along tracks or riverbanks in tropical areas or as second growth vegetation where tropical forests have been cleared are entered under Jungles.
Subject example tracingNote under Jungles
Found inLC database, May 7, 2001 (tropical rainforests; tropical rain forests)