Global Environments Research Task

Tropical Rainforests

Geography

7GAman Joudeh

WHERE ARE THE RAINFORESTSThe map below shows the location of the world's tropical rainforests.   Rainforests cover only a small part of the earth's surface - about 6%, yet they are home to over half the species of plants and animals in the world.  Rainforests can be found in three major geographical areas around the world.•Central America in 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.

Climate

• There are two types of rainforest tropical and temperate. They are very green and wiet. Tropical rainforests are warm. And temperate are cool.

• Temperate ranges between 23 and 29˚C.

Altitude Tropical rainforests are located in a band around the equator (Zero degrees latitude), mostly in the area between the Tropic of Cancer (23.5° N latitude) and the Tropic of Capricorn (23.5° S latitude). This 4800 km wide band is called the "tropics."

Rainforest Animals Poison dart frog

Alligator

Parrots

Proboscis

Rainforest Flowers