Tropical rainforests are spread across the globe along the equatorial zones of Africa, Asia, Australia, and Central and South America. The famous Amazon Rainforest of South America is the world’s largest tropical rainforest.
About the size of the contiguous United States, which does not include Alaska or Hawaii, the Amazon Rainforest covers most of north-western -Brazil and extends into neighbouring countries such as Ecuador and Bolivia.
The second-largest is the Congo Rainforest of Africa. Covering much of the Congo River basin, this wilderness spans six African nations which include Cameroon and the Democratic Republic of Congo. This mosaic of rivers, swamps, and forests, is also home to over 600 plants and over 10,000 animal species!
Next is the Mau forest, the largest of its kind, found in the Rift Valley of Kenya. With a total area of 670,000 acres, it is also known as Kenya’s largest water catchment. The beautiful Sumatran rainforest in Indonesia is yet another tropical ecosystem.
The Pacific temperate rainforests of North America’s Pacific Northwest, Appalachian temperate rainforests, Atlantic Oakwood forest, Valdivian temperate rainforests, Knysna-Amatole coastal rainforests, and the rainforests of New Zealand, Tasmania and southeastern Australia are some of the famous temperate rainforests.
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