INTRODUCTION Tropical rain forests grow in warm countries near the equator These dark rainy biomes are home to an amazing variety of animals and plants
White lined monkey frogs live on trees in the rain forests of he places where animals or plants South America live and grow are called biomes Some animals and plants live in deserts grasslands or oceans And some have adapted to survive in tropical rain forests Warm wet rain forests are found in many countries of the world but they only grow close to the equator between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn These two imaginary lines circle our planet WET WORLD north and south of the equator in an area known as the tropics Heavy downpours flow into rivers and streams that flow through tropical rain forests This water supports the many animals and plants that live there Read on to find out what tropical rain forests are like and how plants animals and people live in them
RAIN FORESTS OF Rain forests are found in most tropical areas of the world The largest rain forests are in South America central Africa and Southeast Asia EUROI NORTH AMERICAL TROPIC OF CANCER Dense rain forests cover the tiny Hawaiian island of Oahu in the Pacific Ocean EQUATOR SOUTH MERICA TROPIC OF CAPRICORN The Cononaco River snakes through the Amazon rain forest in Ecuador The Arenal Volcano looms large above the Monteverde cloud forest of Costa Rica Central America ANTARCTICA
THE WORLD RAIN FORESTS ASIA A rain forest in Thailand in Southeast Asia AFRICA AUSTRALIA A photographer on a trip through the rain forests of the Congo River basin in central Africa
