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Forest in the Clouds

  • December 7, 2012
  • By KIDS DISCOVER

A cloud forest is a rare type of rain forest on a mountainside. Trees, ferns, and other plants draw moisture from the clouds that wrap around the slope — thanks to a process called horizontal precipitation. (Precipitation is another word for rain.)

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