AustraliaTemperate forests are usually found on the Eastern side of Australia. The temperate forests found in Australia provide most of our Eucalyptus trees, therefore being home to many koala bears. The picture on the bottom right shows Eucalyptus trees photographed in an Australian temperate forest. This map to the right shows a temperate deciduous forest located in New South Wales called the Blue Mountains.
typical locationsTemperate forests rely on local soils, climate and rainfall in order to survive and to be the way that they are. Almost all temperate forests are found close by oceans. This is because the ocean and wind are two very big factors of why the temperate and climate change so much in temperate forests.
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temperate forest climate around the world
These graphs above show the climate throughout the year in temperate forests located in both Sydney, Australia and North America. The climate of a temperate forest is very important for the life in it as they need to adapt to what ever weather there is. to find out more about adapting, go to to bottom of this page: (Click the "adaptation" button below)