TROPICAL RAINFOREST FACTS

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Introduction

This site has numerous interesting and amazing tropical rainforest facts. The information on this site is formatted as list of information making for easy reading for kids and adults alike. You will find information on where the tropical rainforests of the world are located, rainforest animals, rainforest plants, tribes found in the rainforest, and how these forests have distinct layers. There are facts listed about the Amazon Rainforest, the rainforest found in Africa, South America, Central America, Asia, and other areas of the world. We cover how and why the rainforest of the world are threatened by deforestation and the consequences to the world as a whole. This main page has a list of basic rainforest facts; please see the other pages of this site for more specific information about certain aspects of this amazing biome.

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Basic Tropical Rainforest Facts

Where Tropical Rainforest are Found

Tropical rainforest are found in many areas of the world. They run along the equator between the tropics of cancer and Capricorn. They are found in Africa, central America, South America, Asia, Australia and pacific islands. Below is a list of some of the countries that have tropical rainforest in them.

Africa

South and Central America

Asia

In Australia rainforests are found running along the east coast.