About: The tropical rainforest is a forest of tall trees in a region of year-round warmth and abundant precipitation. of rain falls yearly. It is said that rainforests cover about 6%of Earth's land surface and that more than half of all the world's plant and animal species live in tropical rain forests.They produce 40% of the earth's oxygen.
Climate: Rainforests belong to the tropical wet climate group and have an average of 50 to 260 inches (125 to 660 cm.). The temperature in tropical rainforests rarely gets any higher than around 93°F or drops below 68°F. The average humidity ranges between 77-88%. There's a short season of less precipitation in monsoonal areas. Rain forests are so hot because they are found near the equator.
Location: Tropical rainforests are found in three primary geographical locations around the world.
- Central America in the the Amazon river basin
- Africa - Zaire basin, with a small area in West Africa; also eastern Madagascar.
- Indo-Malaysia - west coast of India, Assam, Southeast Asia, New Guinea and Queensland, Australia.
Madagascar:
Zaire Basin:
New Guinea:
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