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== Definition: **Deciduous Function: //adjective//Etymology: Latin //deciduus,// from //decidere// to fall off, from //de-// + //cadere// to fall â€” more at chanceDate: 1688** ==
 * 1** **:** falling off or shed seasonally or at a certain stage of development in the life cycle
 * 2 a** **:** having deciduous parts  **b** **:** having the dominant plants deciduous

|| || || Dogwoods trees in bloom overhanging river cascades, Middle Prong of the Little River, Tennessee. Smoky Mountains National Park, USA. ||



 * //__ Animals: __//**
 * American Bald Eagle
 * American Black Bear[[image:D4.jpg width="400" height="281" align="right"]]
 * Coyote
 * Duckbill Platypus
 * Eastern Chipmunk
 * European Red Squirrel
 * Fat Dormouse
 * Least Weasel
 * White-tailed Dee
 * Opossum
 * Black Rat Snake
 * Eastern Box Turtle

== Deciduous forests can be found in the eastern half of North America, and the middle of Europe. There are many deciduous forests in Asia. Some of the major areas that they are in are southwest Russia, Japan, and eastern China. South America has two big areas of deciduous forests in southern Chile and Middle East coast of Paraguay. There are deciduous forests located in New Zealand, and southeastern Australia also. The average annual temperature in a deciduous forest is 50Â° F. The average rainfall is 30 to 60 inches per year. == == Some of the trees you can find in a deciduous forest are oaks and maples which in the fall lose their leaves.The average temperature in a deciduous forest is roughly 75 degrees. == == Temperate deciduous forests are forests in cool, rainy areas; they have trees that lose their leaves in Fall and regrow them in Spring. Temperate deciduous forests are found in the middle latitudes around the globe and have four distinct seasons: Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter. In the Northern Hemisphere, these forests are found in North America, Europe, and Asia. In the Southern Hemisphere, there are smaller areas of these forests, in South America, Africa, and Australia. The growing season in these forests is about 6 months long. In the Fall, the number of hours of daylight decreases. This causes some plants and trees (called deciduous) to stop producing chlorophyll (a green pigment that converts sunlight into chemical energy) and eventually lose their leaves. During this time, these leaves turn brilliant colors, ranging from red to orange to yellow to brow n .==

==You can find alot of deciduous areas in north america,some of south america and you can find it in Europe== .

==Deciduous forests are in Koppen's C climate category. The corresponding biome is the Deciduous Forest, or Temperate Forest biome. The latitude range is anywhere from 23 ° north to 38 ° south. One thing that is interesting about this biome and its climate is that it has four distinct seasons; spring, summer, autumn, and winter. Most deciduous forests have mild summers averaging about 70 °F. Summer months usually begin in early June and end in late August. Winter months don't begin until December. Winter temperatures are fairly cool with an average temperature of a little below freezing. Almost all of the world's deciduous forest is located by an ocean. The ocean and the wind are two big factors of why the temperature and climate change so much in this biome. Climate is a mix of temperature and precipitation. Deciduous forests have almost 14 inches of rain in the winter months and more than 18 inches of rain in the summer. I hope you enjoyed my report on the climate of a deciduous forest and that you learned a few things from it. Just remember that next time you look out your window you could be looking at a deciduous forest. ==