The Cultivation of Rice Has an Enormous Impact on the Natural Biome

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The cultivation of rice has had an enormous impact on the natural biome. Rice has affected the natural biome that it is grown in, in a devastating way. It has caused the natural biomes to deteriorate and caused the natural way of life to collapse leaving no place for the native animals and plants. But what would happen if the cultivation of rice stopped and the natural biomes returned to their former glory? What would happen to all those people depending on rice for the next meal? Those who depend on rice to pay for and keep their families alive? This report looks at the where, effects, who and how of rice cultivation.
What type of biome does rice cultivation affect? Rice affects the Tropical rainforest and temperate deciduous forest biomes as these biomes have the best conditions for rice to grow in. The main characteristic of a tropical rainforest are:
• Average rainfall of 50 to 260 inches of per year
• average maximum and minimum temperatures of 34oC and 20oC
• Humidity between 77 to 88%
• 70% of plants are trees
• Most of the trees have straight trunks with thin smooth bark with branches that don’t branch out until around 100feet
The main characteristics of a temperate deciduous forest are:
• Distinctive seasons
• Average temperature around 10oC but in winter temperatures may go below freezing
• Average rainfall 30 to 60 inches per year
• Deciduous trees
• Have very fertile soil perfect for agriculture
It’s the large amount of rain and constant temperature that makes these two biome perfect for rice cultivation see source 1 for tropical rainforest map and source 2 for temperate deciduous forest map.

How does rice cultivation affect the biome it’s grown in and the world? Rice cultivation affects the natural biome in a n...

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