South American Cloud Forest

South American Cloud Forest book cover — G E T T I N G T O K N O W O U R P L A N E T G E T T I N G T O K N O W O U R P L A N E T GETTING TO KNOW OUR PLANET GETTING TO KNOW OUR PLANET G E T T I N G T O K N O W O U R P L A N E T G E T T I N G T O K N O W O U R P L A N E T G E T T I N G T O K N O W O U R P L A N E T G E T T I N G T O K N O W O U R P L A N E T BY VICKY FRANCHINO SOUTH AMERICAN CLOUD FOREST C O M M U N I T Y (cid:169) C O N N E C T I O N S GETTING TO KNOW OUR PLANET

South American Cloud Forest — page 1 — MOUNTAINTOP FOREST Imagine you’re a bird You ﬂy up into the Andes Mountains of South America Soon heavy fog and a canopy of trees surround you Welcome to the cloud forest This biome is found in very high places It is usually 5,000 to 10,000 feet 1,524 to 3,048 meters above sea level 4 Cloud forests are named for the clouds of mist that often ﬁll the area

South American Cloud Forest — page 2 — ASK QUESTIONS The cloud forest is ﬁlled with amazing animals and plants Scientists are working hard to learn more about the forest What do you know about the cloud forest What do you still wonder about it 5

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