ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Gallery forest

Imagine you are walking in a big forest with lots of trees. Now, imagine you suddenly see a little river flowing through the trees. The trees that are grouped around the river are called a Gallery Forest. It is just like when you take a photo and put it in a frame called a gallery. Here, instead of a photo, you have the trees and the river as the beautiful picture.

Gallery forest is like a little world of its own, where the trees and the river make a home for many animals, birds and insects. It is like a little community where all the different types of animals live and grow together. The trees provide shelter for them and the river gives them water.

Gallery forests are important because they help the environment. Trees help to absorb carbon dioxide and other gases that are not good for the air we breathe. They also provide oxygen, which is what we need to breathe. The gallery forest is like a guardian of the air.

So, the next time you see a river flowing through the trees, you can think of it as a beautiful little gallery forest where nature thrives.