Location Of Tropical Rainforest In Africa - Tropical Rainforest Wikipedia : At home in the rain forest by diane willow.
Location Of Tropical Rainforest In Africa - Tropical Rainforest Wikipedia : At home in the rain forest by diane willow.. Tropical rainforest — introduction also spelled tropical rain forest luxuriant forest, generally composed of broad leaved trees and found in wet tropical uplands and lowlands around the equator. Tropical rainforests are located between 10°n and 10°s of the equator where temperatures stay near 28°c throughout the year. It is home to around 40,000 plant species, nearly 1,300 bird species, 3,000 types of fish, 427 species of mammals, and 2.5 million different insects. Tropical rainforests are lush and warm all year long! 25% of the world's tropical rainforests are located in southeast asia and the pacific islands.
Rainforest biome is further divided into tropical rainforest biome and temperate rainforest biome. Rainforests in africa most of africa's remaining rainforests are found in the congo river basin on the atlantic ocean side of the continent. The congo rainforest encompasses six african countries: While the tropics are thought of as regions with warm to hot moist climates caused by latitude and the tropical rain belt, the geology of areas, particularly mountain chains, and geographical relation to continental and regional scale winds impact the overall. Most of the tropical rainforests of africa exist in the congo (zaire) river basin, though remnants also are present throughout western africa in a sorry state due to the plight of poverty, which encourages subsistence agriculture and firewood harvesting.
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