Tropical Rainforest Locations In The World

LOCATING TROPICAL RAIN FORESTS.

Tropical rainforest locations in the world. Temperate rainforests are found along the Pacific coast of the USA and Canada from northern California to Alaska in. Tropical rainforests are mainly located between the latitudes of 235N the Tropic of Cancer and 235S the Tropic of Capricornthe tropics. However about 80 of the worlds documented species can be found in tropical rainforests.

Description of the tropical rainforest climate. The bulk of the worlds tropical rainforest occurs in the amazon basin in south america. Tropical rainforests are also found in Hawaii.

25 of the worlds tropical rainforests are located in Southeast Asia and the. Most of the tropical rain forests are found between the Tropic of Cancer 23 and the Tropic of Capricorn 23 S. The forest covers the basin of the Amazon the worlds second longest river.

Rain forests are found on parts of the following continents. Rainforests typically receive over 2000mm of rain each year. They are hot and wet all.

Map showing the worlds rainforests defined as primary forests in the tropics. The Amazon jungle is the worlds largest tropical rainforest. Other countries that have large areas of rainforest include Bolivia Cameroon Central African Republic Ecuador Gabon Guyana India Laos Malaysia Mexico Myanmar Papua New Guinea Republic of Congo Suriname and Venezuela.

Africas rainforests are under continual threat. Tropical rainforests are found in Central and South America western and central Africa western India Southeast Asia the island of New Guinea and Australia. Tropical rainforests are found closer to the equator where it is warm.