Usage Note
Regenwald is the standard term for tropical or temperate rainforest. The compound tropischer Regenwald (tropical rainforest) is very common in environmental and geography texts. Plural Regenwälder.
Examples
"Im Regenwald Brasiliens leben unzählige Tierarten."
Natural Translation
Countless animal species live in the rainforest of Brazil.
Literal Translation
In-the rainforest Brazil's live countless animal-species.

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