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Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests , also known as tropical rain forests , are a tropical and subtropical biome .
Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests and Tropical and subtropical coniferous forests . Temperate rain forests also occur in certain humid temperate coastal regions.
ecozones , including parts of the Afrotropic Africa ), Indomalaya Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia ), the Neotropic South America and Central America ), Australasia Indonesia , New Guinea , and northern Australia ), and Oceania Pacific Ocean ). About half of the world's tropical rainforests are in the South American country of Brazil . Rain forests now cover less than 6% of Earth's land surface. Scientists estimate that more than half of all the world's plant and animal species live in tropical rain forests. Tropical rainforests produce 40% of Earth's oxygen.
water : very wet temperature : always warm soil : poor and thin plants : many animals : many
Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests ecoregions Afrotropic ecozone Albertine Rift montane forests (Democratic Republic of Congo , Burundi , Rwanda , Tanzania , Uganda )Atlantic Equatorial coastal forests (Angola , Cameroon , Democratic Republic of Congo , Republic of Congo , Equatorial Guinea , Gabon )Cameroonian Highlands forests (Cameroon , Nigeria )Central Congolian lowland forests (Democratic Republic of Congo )Comoros )Cross-Niger transition forests (Nigeria )Cross-Sanaga-Bioko coastal forests (Cameroon , Equatorial Guinea , Nigeria )Kenya , Sudan , Tanzania )Tanzania , Kenya )Eastern Congolian swamp forests (Democratic Republic of Congo )Eastern Guinean forests (Benin , Ghana , Côte d'Ivoire , Togo )Ethiopia )Seychelles )Guinea , Côte d'Ivoire , Liberia , Sierra Leone )Knysna-Amatole montane forests (South Africa )KwaZulu-Cape coastal forest mosaic (South Africa )Madagascar lowland forests (Madagascar )Madagascar subhumid forests (Madagascar )Maputaland coastal forest mosaic (Mozambique , Swaziland , South Africa )Mauritius , Réunion )Mount Cameroon and Bioko montane forests (Cameroon , Equatorial Guinea )Nigeria )Benin , Nigeria )Northeastern Congolian lowland forests (Cameroon , Central African Republic , Gabon , Republic of Congo )Northern Zanzibar-Inhambane coastal forest mosaic (Kenya , Somalia , Tanzania )Northwestern Congolian lowland forests (Cameroon , Central African Republic , Gabon , Republic of Congo )São Tomé and Príncipe moist lowland forests (São Tomé and Príncipe )Southern Zanzibar-Inhambane coastal forest mosaic (Malawi , Mozambique , Tanzania , Zimbabwe )Western Congolian swamp forests (Democratic Republic of Congo , Republic of Congo )Western Guinean lowland forests (Guinea , Côte d'Ivoire , Liberia , Sierra Leone )
Australasia ecozone Admiralty Islands lowland rain forests (Papua New Guinea )Banda Sea Islands moist deciduous forests (Indonesia )Indonesia )Buru rain forests (Indonesia )Central Range montane rain forests (Indonesia , Papua New Guinea )Halmahera rain forests (Indonesia )Huon Peninsula montane rain forests (Papua New Guinea )Indonesia )Lord Howe Island subtropical forests (Australia )Louisiade Archipelago rain forests (Papua New Guinea )New Britain-New Ireland lowland rain forests (Papua New Guinea )New Britain-New Ireland montane rain forests (Papua New Guinea )New Caledonia )Norfolk Island subtropical forests (Australia )Northern New Guinea lowland rain and freshwater swamp forests (Indonesia , Papua New Guinea )Northern New Guinea montane rain forests (Indonesia , Papua New Guinea )Queensland tropical rain forests (Australia )Seram rain forests (Indonesia )Solomon Islands rain forests (Papua New Guinea , Solomon Islands )Southeastern Papuan rain forests (Papua New Guinea )Southern New Guinea freshwater swamp forests (Indonesia , Papua New Guinea )Southern New Guinea lowland rain forests (Indonesia , Papua New Guinea )Sulawesi lowland rain forests (Indonesia )Sulawesi montane rain forests (Indonesia )Trobriand Islands rain forests (Papua New Guinea )Vanuatu rain forests (Solomon Islands , Vanuatu )Vogelkop montane rain forests (Indonesia )Vogelkop-Aru lowland rain forests (Indonesia )
Indomalaya ecozone Andaman Islands rain forests (India )Indonesia , Malaysia )Indonesia , Malaysia )Indonesia , Malaysia )Brahmaputra Valley semi-evergreen forests (India )Cardamom Mountains rain forests (Cambodia , Thailand , Vietnam )Chao Phraya freshwater swamp forests (Thailand )Chao Phraya lowland moist deciduous forests (Thailand )Chin Hills-Arakan Yoma montane forests (India , Myanmar )Christmas and Cocos Islands tropical forests (Australia )Eastern highlands moist deciduous forests (India )Eastern Java-Bali montane rain forests (Indonesia )Eastern Java-Bali rain forests (Indonesia )Greater Negros-Panay rain forests (Philippines )Hainan Island monsoon rain forests (China )Himalayan subtropical broadleaf forests (Bhutan , India , Nepal )Irrawaddy freshwater swamp forests (Myanmar )Irrawaddy moist deciduous forests (Myanmar )Jian Nan subtropical evergreen forests (China )Kayah-Karen montane rain forests (Myanmar , Thailand )Lower Gangetic Plains moist deciduous forests (Laos , Thailand , Vietnam )Luang Prabang montane rain forests (Laos )Philippines )Philippines )Malabar Coast moist forests (India )Maldives-Lakshadweep-Chagos Archipelago tropical moist forests (British Indian Ocean Territory , India , Maldives )Meghalaya subtropical forests (India )Mentawai Islands rain forests (Indonesia )Mindanao montane rain forests (Philippines )Mindanao-Eastern Visayas rain forests (Philippines )Philippines )Mizoram-Manipur-Kachin rain forests (Bangladesh , India , Myanmar )Myanmar coastal rain forests (Myanmar )Nansei Islands subtropical evergreen forests (Japan )Nicobar Islands rain forests (India )North Western Ghats moist deciduous forests (India )North Western Ghats montane rain forests (India )Northern Annamites rain forests (Laos , Vietnam )Northern Indochina subtropical forests (China , Laos , Myanmar , Thailand , Vietnam )Northern Khorat Plateau moist deciduous forests (Laos , Thailand )Northern Thailand-Laos moist deciduous forests (Laos , Thailand )Northern Triangle subtropical forests (Myanmar )Northern Vietnam lowland rain forests (Vietnam )Orissa semi-evergreen forests (India )Philippines )Peninsular Malaysian montane rain forests (Malaysia , Thailand )Peninsular Malaysian peat swamp forests (Malaysia , Thailand )Peninsular Malaysian rain forests (Indonesia , Malaysia )Red River freshwater swamp forests (Vietnam )South China Sea Islands (disputed between China , Malaysia , Philippines , Taiwan , Vietnam )South China-Vietnam subtropical evergreen forests (China , Vietnam )South Taiwan monsoon rain forests (Taiwan )South Western Ghats moist deciduous forests (India )South Western Ghats montane rain forests (India )Southern Annamites montane rain forests (Cambodia , Laos , Vietnam )Southwest Borneo freshwater swamp forests (Indonesia )Sri Lanka lowland rain forests (Sri Lanka )Sri Lanka montane rain forests (Sri Lanka )Philippines )Sumatran freshwater swamp forests (Indonesia )Sumatran lowland rain forests (Indonesia )Sumatran montane rain forests (Indonesia )Indonesia )Indonesia )Sundarbans freshwater swamp forests (Bangladesh , India )Taiwan subtropical evergreen forests (Taiwan )Tenasserim-South Thailand semi-evergreen rain forests (Malaysia ' Myanmar , Thailand )Tonle Sap freshwater swamp forests (Cambodia , Vietnam )Tonle Sap-Mekong peat swamp forests (Cambodia , Vietnam )Upper Gangetic Plains moist deciduous forests (India )Western Java montane rain forests (Indonesia )Indonesia )
Neotropic ecozone Araucaria moist forests (Argentina , Brazil )Brazil )Brazil )Brazil )Bolivia , Peru )Caatinga Enclaves moist forests (Brazil )Brazil , Colombia )Venezuela )Colombia )Cayos Miskitos-San Andrés and Providencia moist forests (Colombia , Nicaragua )Central American Atlantic moist forests (Costa Rica , Nicaragua , Panama )Central American montane forests (El Salvador , Guatemala , Honduras , Mexico , Nicaragua )Mexico )Mexico )Chocó-Darién Moist Forests (Colombia , Ecuador , Panama )Costa Rica )Cordillera La Costa montane forests (Venezuela )Cordillera Oriental montane forests (Colombia , Venezuela )Costa Rican seasonal moist forests (Costa Rica , Nicaragua )Cuba )Eastern Cordillera real montane forests (Colombia , Ecuador , Peru )Eastern Panamanian montane forests (Colombia , Panama )Fernanda de Noronha-Atol das Rocas moist forests (Brazil )Brazil , Colombia , Guyana , Suriname , Venezuela )Brazil , French Guiana , Guyana , Suriname , Venezuela )Brazil )Dominican Republic , Haiti )Bolivia , Brazil , Peru )Isthmian-Atlantic moist forests (Costa Rica , Nicaragua , Panama )Isthmian-Pacific moist forests (Costa Rica , Panama )Jamaica )Japurá-Solimoes-Negro moist forests (Brazil , Colombia , Venezuela )Juruá-Purus moist forests (Brazil )Leeward Islands moist forests (Antigua , British Virgin Islands , Guadeloupe , Montserrat , Nevis , Saint Kitts , British Virgin Islands )Madeira-Tapajós moist forests (Bolivia , Brazil )Magdalena Valley montane forests (Colombia )Magdalena-Urabá moist forests (Colombia )Brazil )Brazil )Mato Grosso tropical dry forests (Brazil )Brazil )Colombia , Ecuador , Peru )Negro-Branco moist forests (Brazil , Colombia , Venezuela )Northeastern Brazil restingas (Brazil )Northwestern Andean montane forests (Colombia , Ecuador )Mexico )Guyana , Venezuela )Mexico )Guyana , Suriname )Parañá-Paraíba interior forests (Argentina , Brazil , Paraguay )Brazil )Pernambuco interior forests (Brazil )Peru )Petén-Veracruz moist forests (Mexico )Puerto Rico )Brazil )Purus-Madeira moist forests (Brazil )Brazil , Colombia )Colombia )Brazil )Mexico )Sierra Madre de Chiapas moist forest (El Salvador , Guatemala , Mexico )Solimões-Japurá moist forest (Brazil , Colombia , Peru )United States )Argentina , Brazil )Southwest Amazon moist forests (Bolivia , Brazil , Peru )Costa Rica , Panama )Tapajós-Xingu moist forests (Brazil )Tepuis (Brazil , Guyana , Suriname , Venezuela )Tocantins-Araguaia-Maranhão moist forests (Brazil )Trinidad and Tobago moist forests (Trinidad and Tobago )Trinidade-Martin Vaz Islands tropical forests (Brazil )Uatuma-Trombetas moist forests (Brazil , Guyana , Suriname )Peru )Venezuelan Andes montane forests (Colombia , Venezuela )Mexico )Mexico )Western Ecuador moist forests (Colombia , Ecuador )Windward Islands moist forests (Dominica , Grenada , Martinique , Saint Lucia , Saint Vincent and the Grenadines )Xingu-Tocantins-Araguaia moist forests (Brazil )Belize , Guatemala , Mexico )
Oceania ecozone Carolines tropical moist forests (Federated States of Micronesia )Central Polynesian tropical moist forests (Cook Islands , Johnston Atoll , Kiribati , Palmyra Atoll )Cook Islands tropical moist forests (Cook Islands )Eastern Micronesia tropical moist forests (Marshall Islands , Nauru , Kiribati , Wake Island )Fiji )Hawaii tropical moist forests (Hawaii )Kermadec Islands subtropical moist forests (New Zealand )Marquesas tropical moist forests (French Polynesia )Ogasawara subtropical moist forests (Japan )Palau )Rapa Nui and Sala-y-Gomez subtropical broadleaf forests (Chile )Samoan tropical moist forests (American Samoa , Western Samoa )Society Islands tropical moist forests (French Polynesia )Tongan tropical moist forests (Tonga )Tuamotu tropical moist forests (French Polynesia )Tubuai tropical moist forests (French Polynesia )Western Polynesian tropical moist forests (Kiribati , Tokelau , Tuvalu )
Palearctic ecozone Gizhou Plateau broadleaf and mixed forests (China )Yunnan Plateau subtropical evergreen forests (China )
See also
External link Info on this biome (http://www.panda.org/about_wwf/where_we_work/ecoregions/global200/pages/habitat/habitat01.htm ) en:Tropical rainforest
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