Tropical Rainforest Locations Around The World

Africas rainforests are under continual threat.

Tropical rainforest locations around the world. In Southeast Asia the climate is hot and humid all year round. Description of the tropical rainforest climate. They are hot and wet all.

Total 57 of all tropical rainforests are found in Latin America. Tropical rainforests have existed on earth for hundreds of millions of years. A tropical rainforest typically has several layers such as the emergent canopy understory and forest floor each with different types of plants and animals adapted for life in that.

They grow in areas of high rainfall in West Central and East Africa. Tropical america africa southeast asia madagascar and new guinea with smaller outliers in australia. Tropical rainforests cover only about 7 of the Earths surface.

There are rainforests in South and Central America Africa Oceania the islands around Australia and Asia. Smaller rainforests are located in Central America Madagascar Australia and nearby islands India and other locations in the tropics. The largest rainforests are in the Amazon River Basin South America the Congo River Basin western Africa and throughout much of southeast Asia.

The rainforests of Asia stretch from India and Burma in the west to Malaysia and the islands of Java and Borneo in the east. However about 80 of the worlds documented species can be found in tropical rainforests. They are South America West Africa Australia Southern India and South East Asia.

Tropical rainforests can be found in Brazil Colombia Bolivia Chile Sub-Saharan Africa Myanmar Papua New Guinea Australia and the list goes on. Igua in the Iguazu river on the border of Brazil and Argentina. Most importantly tropical rainforests must have a minimum of 66 inches of rainfall annually and can sometimes exceed 390 inches.