Tropical forest: warm and humid with summer dry season. Temperatures average greater than 18° C (64.4° F) year-round. Annual rainfall varies by season -- less in summer, more in winter -- and generally totals 100 cm (39") to 200 cm (59"). Vegetation is dominated by multiple-canopy broadleaf deciduous rain forests (jungle), though some areas may contain semideciduous forests, or grasses and herbaceous plants with patches of broadleaf deciduous or evergreen trees.
By Dave Bryant, copyright 2002