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Ari_Kalahari_Safari t1_j67z393 wrote

if you would've told me there are this many trees in all of Australia I might not have believed you

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KnifeBicycle t1_j687hx0 wrote

Australia has a lot of tropical and temperate rainforests.

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TheLesserWeeviI t1_j689f32 wrote

EDIT: Fair points. TIL.

I'll be the pedantic one and say that this isn't rainforest.

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KnifeBicycle t1_j68ahr4 wrote

The Yarra Ranges absolutely include temperate rainforest.

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dragontattman t1_j6ajo4f wrote

You can be pedantic and wrong at the same time. The Yarra Ranges consist of temperate rainforests with giant tree ferns . Then in northern Australia we have tropical rainforest that is similar to the Amazon.

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PacifistPapyrus t1_j6870wz wrote

What led you to have this belief?

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Ari_Kalahari_Safari t1_j68c4k0 wrote

idk, pop culture says Australia=outback

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PM_ME_YIFF_PICS t1_j68rnp7 wrote

Same. Kinda like how Americans view middle eastern / western Asian countries as being all sand. Same with Mexico.

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Staerebu t1_j69thcr wrote

There are ~1.5 million square kilometres of forest in Australia

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