Tropical Rainforest Locations In The World

The bulk of the worlds tropical rainforest occurs.

Tropical rainforest locations in the world. Map showing the worlds rainforests defined as primary forests in the tropics. The Amazon Rainforest is currently the largest tropical rainforest biome in the world. 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.

The forest covers the basin of the Amazon the worlds second longest river. A 15 of all the worlds plants and birds and about 110 of all mammal species are found there. Total 57 of all tropical rainforests are found in Latin America.

Located in Rwanda Volcanoes National Park is full of lush tropical rainforest and volcanic scenery but it is perhaps best known as one the premier places in the world to see rare mountain gorillas. Tropical rainforests are found closer to the equator where it is warm. 18 of the worlds tropical forests are found in Africa.

However about 80 of the worlds documented species can be found in tropical rainforests. Tropical america africa southeast asia madagascar and new guinea with smaller outliers in australia. Smaller rainforests are located in central america madagascar australia and nearby islands india and other locations in the.

The largest rainforests are in the Amazon in Brazil South America Demographic Republic of Congo Africa and Indonesia South East Asia. The Amazon is home to the greatest variety of plants and animals on Earth. Igua in the Iguazu river on the border of Brazil and Argentina.

Over 3 ½ million square kilometres of Africa is tropical forest. Most of the tropical rain forests are found between the Tropic of Cancer 23 and the Tropic of Capricorn 23 S. Tropical rainforests are found in Central and South America western and central Africa western India Southeast Asia the island of New Guinea and Australia.