An abiotic factor can be define as the non-living factor which can be responsible for the influencing the life of the living beings or biotic factors. For example, sunlight, soil, water and wind.
The rain is the abiotic factor in a tropical rain forest. The tropical rainforest receives an annual rainfall of about of 80 to 400 inches. The rainfall is responsible for the growth of diversity of trees and other vegetation growing in tropical rainforest.
