Durham County is the core of the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Raleigh-Durham-Cary, NC Combined Statistical Area, which had a population of 1,749,525 in 2010.
Interesting Tropical Rainforest Biome Facts: Rainforests are extremely important because the water they produce is evaporated and then used as rain in other areas. The average temperature of the tropical rainforest remains between 70 and 85Â° F. The tropical rainforest is very rainy as its name implies.The rainfall can reach up to 400 inches in one year. Orchids are a type of epiphyte plant that grows in the tropical rainforest.nteresting Tropical Rainforest Biome Facts: Rainforests are extremely important because the water they produce is evaporated and then used as rain in other areas. The average temperature of the tropical rainforest remains between 70 and 85Â° F. The tropical rainforest is very rainy as its name implies.
The general pattern of the tropical climate is warm temperatures. Depending on the type of tropical climate, humidity is variable with Equatorial climates experiencing large quantities of precipitation all year round and Tropical Wet and Dry and Tropical Monsoon climates expereincing seasonal shifts in rain patterns.