temperate rainforest

noun

variants or less commonly temperate rain forest

plural temperate rainforests also temperate rain forests

: woodland of a usually rather mild climatic area within the temperate zone that receives heavy rainfall, usually includes numerous kinds of trees, and is distinguished from a tropical rainforest especially by the presence of a dominant tree

Examples of temperate rainforest in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The expansive trail network, roughly four hours south of Sydney, is being developed near the town of Mogo, a tiny outpost adjacent to the area’s temperate rainforests. —Ryan Krogh, Outside Online, 24 Jan. 2025

This would no longer be an unsuccessful timber plantation in an island nation too small to process wood at scale, but a temperate rainforest of varied heights, textures, sounds, and smells, from fragrant honeysuckle to the stinkhorn fungus. —Christine Ro, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024

Yakushima Island, located 37 miles south from the southern tip of Kyushu Island, is home to a primeval temperate rainforest with thousand-year-old cedar trees, known as yakusugi. —Anna Mazurek, AFAR Media, 16 Dec. 2024

The rainforest work has been funded by insurance company Aviva as part of a £38 million donation to restore temperate rainforests across the British Isles. —Christine Ro, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024

While the cameras were rolling, Anderson taught the climbers about the importance of temperate rainforests (Tongass National Forest is the world’s largest at nearly 17 million acres) and took them salmon fishing. —Jayme Moye, Outside Online, 8 Nov. 2024

The works submitted this year addressed issues such as disappearing wetlands in Iran, the loss of temperate rainforests in the UK, drought in Bolivia and Myanmar, shrinking mangroves in Vietnam, and threats to indigenous communities in Ecuador. —Caterina De Biasio, Vogue, 4 Dec. 2024

So instead, Caldwell, Honnold, and the eight-person National Geographic film crew had to chart a new route in the adjacent valley—an old-growth temperate rainforest. —Jayme Moye, Outside Online, 8 Nov. 2024

The areas surrounding Asheville are temperate rainforests, full of streams and rivers that run alongside human communities. —Benji Jones, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018

Word History

First Known Use

1903, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for temperate rainforest

• aorist
• deforest
• folklorist
• chorused
• forest
• sorest

Kids Definition

temperate rain forest

noun

: woodland that has a temperate climate with heavy rainfall and that usually includes numerous kinds of trees but differs from a tropical rain forest in having one or two very common major trees