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Exactly, they have rainforests. With up to maybe 80 to 100 inches of rainfall in some parts.
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Originally Posted by DeaconJ
True...but I do think that Hawaii has more expansive rainforests. I could be wrong.
Consider this, if the online converters and numbers I found are right:
Wikipedia says that Olympic National Park in WA is just shy of 1,000,000 acres
It also says that Hawaii is about 10,000 square miles, which is roughly 6 to 7 million acres. That means that the single rainforest park in WA, is about 1/6 the size of the entire state of Hawaii. So even though one area is tropical rainforest and the other temperate rainforest. All rainforests are rainforests.
California has the most landscape diversity.
Florida probably has the least considering it's size... I mean Maryland and New Jersey's landscape is far more diverse than Florida's
I'm sorry but temperate rain forests do NOT compare to the rain forest in Hawaii.. Take a trip to Kauai and then decide.
I completely agree, when people think of rain forests, they think of tropical rain forests and jungles, not temperate rain forests.
Rain forests is a broad terrm, that is further broken down. The Pacific Northwest's rain forests are not the same as Hawaii's rain forests. Temperate Rain forests dont have the same diversity as tropical rain forests.
Its like if i said Lake Superior was the same as the Atlantic Ocean. Both bodies of water, but that doesn't make them both oceans.
I'm sorry but temperate rain forests do NOT compare to the rain forest in Hawaii.. Take a trip to Kauai and then decide.
You are right, the rain forest in Hawaii does not compare. Where in Hawaii do you see a 3 million pound rainforest tree with a 40,000 pound burl? The California redwood rainforest is definitely the major league.
Exactly, they have rainforests. With up to maybe 80 to 100 inches of rainfall in some parts.
Consider this, if the online converters and numbers I found are right:
Wikipedia says that Olympic National Park in WA is just shy of 1,000,000 acres
It also says that Hawaii is about 10,000 square miles, which is roughly 6 to 7 million acres. That means that the single rainforest park in WA, is about 1/6 the size of the entire state of Hawaii. So even though one area is tropical rainforest and the other temperate rainforest. All rainforests are rainforests.
If you'll look back, I already conceded that I was wrong about Hawaii in post #88.
You are right, the rain forest in Hawaii does not compare. Where in Hawaii do you see a 3 million pound rainforest tree with a 40,000 pound burl? The California redwood rainforest is definitely the major league.
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They have some major rainforests there.
