Tropical Rainforest Locations

Search for Tropical Rainforest Locations on the world atlas.

We will find them around the equator between the tropics of cancer and capricorn all around the world, in asia, africa, central and south America, Australia and pacific islands.

In the continents of the Americas they are spread across the countries:

Belize

Brazil

Colombia

Costa Rica

French Guiana

Guyana

Peru

Suriname and

Venezuela

in central and south America.

This Amazonian region is the biggest area forming more than half of the world's total rainforest area.

In Africa they are found in the following countries:

Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire)

Central African Republic

Madagaskar

Ghana

Ivory Coast

Nigeria etc.

But African rainforest is mainly found in the Congo river basin. This covers an area of one third of the world's total rainforests.

In Asia they are located at

Indonesia

India

Sri Lanka

Philipines etc

In Australia rainforests are located on the eastern coast.



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