Tropical Rainforest Location Map
The largest rainforests are in the Amazon River Basin South America the Congo River Basin.
Tropical rainforest location map. Africas rainforests are under continual threat. They span acorss Brunei Cambodia Indonesia Laos Malaysia Myanmar the Philippines Singapore Thailand and Vietnam. Borneo Eastern Wildlife Adventure 5 Days Kimkim.
Atlas Of Deforestation And Industrial Plantations In Borneo. Tropical Rainforests are typically located around the equator. Africas rain forests are found near the equator.
The tropical rainforests of Southeast Asia are a part of the earths oldest existing tropical ecosystems. The tropics wrap around the world in a band approximately 4800 kilometers 3000 miles wide between the Tropic of Capricorn and the Tropic of Cancer. Rainforests cover only a small part of the earths surface - about 6 yet they are home to over half the species of plants and animals in the world.
They are also thought to be the most biologically diverse ecosystems as their biological diversity and richness is unparalleled by that of the Brazilian Amazon and. There are rainforests in South and Central America Africa Oceania the islands around Australia and Asia. Tropical rainforests are located in an area called the tropics which is a band around the equator from 235 degrees north Tropic of Caner to 235 degrees south Tropic of Capricorn - this is shown by the red lines in the map below.
A tropical rainforest is a rainforest with a high rainfall that grows in a tropical region. They grow in areas of high rainfall in West Central and East Africa. Tropical rainforests are also found in Hawaii and the islands of the Pacific Caribbean.
They are a sub-set of the tropical forest biome that occurs roughly within the 28-degree latitudes in the equatorial zone between the Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn. These are mainly found in South America Western or Central Africa India and Southeast Asia and some other areas. True rainforests are typically found between 10 degrees north and south of the equator see map.