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=== Other types of tropical forest === {{Main|Tropical forest}} Several biomes may appear similar to, or merge via [[ecotone]]s with, tropical rainforest: [[File:Hana Highway Overlook.jpg|thumb|[[Hawaiian tropical rainforests|Hawaiian tropical rainforest]] seen from the [[Hana Highway]]]] ;Moist seasonal tropical forest: [[File:Rain Forest Daintree Australia.jpg|thumb|[[Daintree rainforest]] in Queensland is a [[seasonal tropical forest]].]] Moist [[seasonal tropical forest]]s receive high overall rainfall with a warm summer wet season and a cooler winter dry season. These forests usually fall under [[Tropical monsoon climate|tropical monsoon]] or [[Tropical savanna climate|tropical savanna]] climates. Some trees in these forests drop some or all of their leaves during the winter dry season, thus they are sometimes called "tropical mixed forest". They are found in parts of South America, in [[Central America]] and around the [[Caribbean]], in coastal [[West Africa]], parts of the [[Indian subcontinent]], and across much of [[Indochina]]. ;Montane rainforests: These are found in cooler-climate mountainous areas, becoming known as [[cloud forest]]s at higher elevations. Depending on latitude, the lower limit of montane rainforests on large mountains is generally between 1500 and 2500{{nbs}}m while the upper limit is usually from 2400 to 3300{{nbs}}m.<ref name=Bruijnzeel/> ;Flooded rainforests: Tropical [[freshwater swamp forests]], or "flooded forests", are found in Amazon basin (the [[Várzea forest|Várzea]]) and elsewhere.
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