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by Misdicorl 2485 days ago
This is not true for rainforests afaik. There is no fire cycle like for the mountain forests of the US West
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This is not true of the rainforests themselves, but the Amazon region is not 100% rainforest. It also has savannas and drier forests in parts of it (it's a massive region).