Sun Bear - native of dense lowland forests and shrubland of South and Southeast Asia

Sun Bear: photo credit Rainforest Action Network (RAN)

Learn more at https://www.ran.org/wildlife-factsheet/wildlife-fact-sheet-sun-bear/

Hang Son Doong

Rainforest or Jungle?

"Son Doong Cave is world's larges cave discovered in 2009"

http://www.sondoongcave.org/

Is the cave itself a jungle as in "jungle cavern" and the interior plants and animals part of a rainforest, so the cave would have its own jungle cavern and its own rainforest?

interesting online article about hang son doong cave:  

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/earth/earthpicturegalleries/8667804/Vietnam-caves-inside-the-giant-jungle-cavern-of-the-Hang-Son-Doong.html

Are the jungles more in Cambodia, and the rainforests more in Vietnam?

https://www.lonelyplanet.com/maps/asia/vietnam/

many information resources online for Hang Son Doong cave in Vietnam ...

https://hk.asiatatler.com/life/dream-destinations-loui-lim-cave-trekking

https://saigoneer.com/vietnam-travel/3919-unreal-drone-and-timelapse-video-of-vietnam-s-son-doong-cave

Epiphyte

an epiphyte tree web site
http://www.epiphytetree.com/

epiphyte - a very interesting subject
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epiphyte

What are ... ?

There a few biogeography systems; There are a few ecology classification systems.  Since we are an international group, we normally recognise more than one biome and ecozone classification system.  It is more work and effort to know multiple systems, but the knowledge gained from the reasonable limits of knowing and using multiple systems is worth it.  Usually, current scientific classifications and information help jungle league's owner settle any disagreement or misconceptions among jungle league members.  It's not as a big of deal as some people (non-members) can make it out to be.  This post is for readers to begin to explore "What are biomes, ecozones, and jungles ? ".


What is a biome ?
What is an ecozone ?

The articles on wikipedia are fairly good to find answers to those questions above.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biome
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrestrial_ecozone

See example below the chart ...


What are jungles ?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jungle

a few comments:  There are different ways jungles are found on Earth ... full jungle, non-rainforest mixed jungle, rainforest with jungle pockets and jungle edges, jungle interlaced with savanna - some jungle owners take these descriptions of the ways jungles are found on Earth and relate them to their jungle's biome and ecozone classifications.

biomes and ecozones
Terrestrial biomes	Polar/montane Tundra Taiga, Boreal forests Montane grasslands and shrublands Temperate Coniferous forests Broadleaf and mixed forests Grasslands, savannas, and shrublands (Sub)tropical Coniferous forests Moist broadleaf forests Dry broadleaf forests Grasslands, savannas, and shrublands Dry Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub Deserts and xeric shrublands Wet Flooded grasslands and savannas Riparian Wetland
Aquatic biomes	Pond Littoral Intertidal zone Mangrove forest Kelp forest Coral reef Neritic zone Continental shelf Pelagic zone Benthic zone Hydrothermal vents Cold seeps
Other biomes	Endolithic zone
Ecozones	Afrotropic Antarctic Australasia Indomalaya Nearctic Neotropic Oceania Palearctic

Wikipedia contributors. "Biome." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 17 Jan. 2013. Web. 26 Jan. 2013.

Example from Wikipedia

     Biosphere: Earth

          Ecozone: Palearctic ecozone

               Terrestrial biome: temperate broadleaf and mixed forests

                    Ecoregion: Dinaric Mountains mixed forests (PA0418)

                         Ecosystem: Orjen, vegetation belt between 1,100- 1,450 m,

                         Oromediterranean zone, nemoral zone (temperate zone)

                              Biotope: Oreoherzogio-Abietetum illyricae Fuk. (Plant list)

                                   Plant: Silver fir (Abies alba)

Wikipedia contributors. "Biome." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 17 Jan. 2013. Web. 26 Jan. 2013.

Jungle Eagle

Program: Nature

Episode: Jungle Eagle

Harpy eagles are the most powerful birds of prey in the world. Standing three feet tall, with a six-foot wingspan and razor-sharp talons the size of bear claws, these birds are the heavyweight hunters of the South American rainforest. Enter the secret world of the harpy

Segment: Chapter 1 of 5 - Finding the Harpy (8 min. 54 sec.)

Watch Jungle Eagle on PBS. See more from Nature.

Segment: Chapter 2 of 5 - Getting Close (6 min. 37 sec.)

Watch Jungle Eagle on PBS. See more from Nature.

Segment: Chapter 3 of 5 - Forest Dangers (11 min. 36 sec.)

Watch Jungle Eagle on PBS. See more from Nature.

Segment: Chapter 4 of 5 - Eight Weeks Later (11 min. 5 sec.)

Watch Jungle Eagle on PBS. See more from Nature.

Segment: Chapter 5 of 5 - Separate Ways (12 min 23 sec.)

Watch Jungle Eagle on PBS. See more from Nature.

http://video.pbs.org/video/2166128141

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/jungle-eagle/introduction/7189/

Harpy Eagle of the Americas

Wikipedia contributors. "Harpy Eagle." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 19 Feb. 2012. Web. 20 Feb. 2012.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harpy_Eagle

Harpy Eagle of New Guinea

Wikipedia contributors. "Papuan Eagle." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 19 Feb. 2012. Web. 20 Feb. 2012.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papuan_Eagle

Crocodile River in Israel (biblical) (Nahal Taninim)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nahal_Taninim

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramot_Menashe

The geography of the Bible;: A study in historical geography by Denis Baly

Permalink: http://amzn.com/B0007EA5P4

excerpt

Sightseeing in Israel; Off the Beaten Track with Ethan Bensinger http://sightseeinginisrael.com/ 

the excerpt image below is from Aqueducts and tunnels: wonders of Roman technology that brought water to the people By Ethan Bensinger, January 30, 2008     http://sightseeinginisrael.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/aqueducts.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tel_Dor
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tantura
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dor_(moshav)

crocodile or alligator

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crocodile
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alligator

mediterranean climate (olive climate)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mediterranean_climate

Wikipedia contributors. "Mediterranean climate." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 8 Feb. 2012. Web. 8 Feb. 2012.



Olea europaea, Dead Sea [Salt Sea], Jordan

Wikipedia contributors. "Olive." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 6 Feb. 2012. Web. 8 Feb. 2012.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_categories_in_viticulture

I wasn't able to find the Rutger's Tel Taninim web site  (http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~stieglit/tap.html) 

http://www.bibleinterp.com/excavations/Tanninim_032901.shtml

I did find the Ma'agan Mikhael shipwreck in the Crocodile River (Nahal Taninim) area - 

http://mushecht.haifa.ac.il/archeology/maagan_ship_eng.aspx

just as an end note ... I was looking at how the word "nahal" was used in a book about Israel's geography

Geography of Israel by Efraim Orni Permalink: http://amzn.com/0827600062

Jungle, Bird, and Biome

I thought about natural and man made biomes when i came across Jungle Island in florida, so you will find a lot of good information on this topic of "jungle, bird, and biome" at wikipedia.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jungle_Island
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bird-of-paradise
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biome