Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests
Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests , also known as tropical rain forests , are a tropical and subtropical biome .
Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests are found in a belt around the equator and in the humid subtropics, and are characterized by warm, humid climates with high year-round rainfall. Tropical and subtropical regions with lower rainfall or distinct wet and dry seasons are home to Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests and Tropical and subtropical coniferous forests . Temperate rain forests also occur in certain humid temperate coastal regions.
Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests are common in several terrestrial 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.
rainfall : high, year round, sometimes with seasonal variation.
temperature : always warm
soil : generally poor and leached.
plants : high diversity
animals : high diversity
Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests ecoregions
Afrotropic ecozone
Albertine Rift montane forests (Democratic Republic of Congo , Burundi , Rwanda , Tanzania , Uganda )Angola , Cameroon , Democratic Republic of Congo , Republic of Congo , Equatorial Guinea , Gabon )Cameroon , Nigeria )Democratic Republic of Congo )Comoros )Nigeria )Cameroon , Equatorial Guinea , Nigeria )Kenya , Sudan , Tanzania )Tanzania , Kenya )Democratic Republic of Congo )Eastern Guinean forests (Benin , Ghana , Côte d'Ivoire , Togo )Ethiopia )Seychelles )Guinea , Côte d'Ivoire , Liberia , Sierra Leone )South Africa )South Africa )Madagascar lowland forests (Madagascar )Madagascar subhumid forests (Madagascar )Mozambique , Swaziland , South Africa )Mascarene forests (Mauritius , Réunion )Cameroon , Equatorial Guinea )Nigeria )Benin , Nigeria )Cameroon , Central African Republic , Gabon , Republic of Congo )Kenya , Somalia , Tanzania )Cameroon , Central African Republic , Gabon , Republic of Congo )São Tomé and Príncipe )Malawi , Mozambique , Tanzania , Zimbabwe ) Democratic Republic of Congo , Republic of Congo )Guinea , Côte d'Ivoire , Liberia , Sierra Leone )
Australasia ecozone
Admiralty Islands lowland rain forests (Papua New Guinea )Indonesia )Indonesia )Buru rain forests (Indonesia )Indonesia , Papua New Guinea )Halmahera rain forests (Indonesia )Papua New Guinea )Indonesia )Lord Howe Island subtropical forests (Australia )Louisiade Archipelago rain forests (Papua New Guinea )Papua New Guinea )Papua New Guinea )New Caledonia rain forests (New Caledonia )Norfolk Island subtropical forests (Australia )Indonesia , Papua New Guinea )Indonesia , Papua New Guinea )Queensland tropical rain forests (Australia )Seram rain forests (Indonesia )Solomon Islands rain forests (Papua New Guinea , Solomon Islands )Papua New Guinea )Indonesia , Papua New Guinea )Indonesia , Papua New Guinea )Indonesia )Indonesia )Trobriand Islands rain forests (Papua New Guinea )Vanuatu rain forests (Solomon Islands , Vanuatu )Indonesia )Indonesia )
Indomalaya ecozone
Andaman Islands rain forests (India )Indonesia , Malaysia )Indonesia , Malaysia )Indonesia , Malaysia )India )Cambodia , Thailand , Vietnam )Thailand )Thailand )India , Myanmar )Australia )India )Indonesia )Indonesia )Philippines )China )Bhutan , India , Nepal )Myanmar )Myanmar )China )Myanmar , Thailand )Laos , Thailand , Vietnam )Laos )Philippines )Philippines )Malabar Coast moist forests (India )British Indian Ocean Territory , India , Maldives )India )Mentawai Islands rain forests (Indonesia )Philippines )Philippines )Philippines )Bangladesh , India , Myanmar )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 )Laos , Vietnam )China , Laos , Myanmar , Thailand , Vietnam )Laos , Thailand )Laos , Thailand )Myanmar )Vietnam )India )Philippines )Malaysia , Thailand )Malaysia , Thailand )Indonesia , Malaysia )Vietnam )South China Sea Islands (disputed between China , Malaysia , Philippines , Taiwan , Vietnam )China , Vietnam )Taiwan )South Western Ghats moist deciduous forests (India )South Western Ghats montane rain forests (India )Cambodia , Laos , Vietnam )Indonesia )Sri Lanka )Sri Lanka )Philippines )Indonesia )Indonesia )Indonesia )Indonesia )Indonesia )Bangladesh , India )Taiwan )Malaysia ' Myanmar , Thailand )Cambodia , Vietnam )Cambodia , Vietnam )India )Indonesia )Indonesia )
Neotropic ecozone
Araucaria moist forests (Argentina , Brazil )Brazil )Brazil )Brazil )Bolivia , Peru )Brazil )Brazil , Colombia )Venezuela )Colombia )Colombia , Nicaragua )Costa Rica , Nicaragua , Panama )El Salvador , Guatemala , Honduras , Mexico , Nicaragua )Mexico )Mexico )Colombia , Ecuador , Panama )Costa Rica )Venezuela )Colombia , Venezuela )Costa Rica , Nicaragua )Cuba )Colombia , Ecuador , Peru )Colombia , Panama )Brazil )Brazil , Colombia , Guyana , Suriname , Venezuela )Brazil , French Guiana , Guyana , Suriname , Venezuela )Brazil )Dominican Republic , Haiti )Bolivia , Brazil , Peru )Costa Rica , Nicaragua , Panama )Costa Rica , Panama )Jamaica )Brazil , Colombia , Venezuela )Brazil )Antigua , British Virgin Islands , Guadeloupe , Montserrat , Nevis , Saint Kitts , British Virgin Islands )Bolivia , Brazil )Colombia )Colombia )Brazil )Brazil )Brazil )Brazil )Colombia , Ecuador , Peru )Brazil , Colombia , Venezuela )Brazil )Colombia , Ecuador )Mexico )Guyana , Venezuela )Mexico )Guyana , Suriname )Argentina , Brazil , Paraguay )Brazil )Brazil )Peru )Mexico )Puerto Rico )Brazil )Brazil )Brazil , Colombia )Colombia )Brazil )Mexico )El Salvador , Guatemala , Mexico )Brazil , Colombia , Peru )United States )Argentina , Brazil )Bolivia , Brazil , Peru )Costa Rica , Panama )Brazil )Tepuis (Brazil , Guyana , Suriname , Venezuela )Brazil )Trinidad and Tobago )Brazil )Brazil , Guyana , Suriname )Peru )Colombia , Venezuela )Mexico )Mexico )Colombia , Ecuador )Dominica , Grenada , Martinique , Saint Lucia , Saint Vincent and the Grenadines )Brazil )Belize , Guatemala , Mexico )
Oceania ecozone
Carolines tropical moist forests (Federated States of Micronesia )Cook Islands , Johnston Atoll , Kiribati , Palmyra Atoll )Cook Islands )Marshall Islands , Nauru , Kiribati , Wake Island )Fiji )Hawaii )Kermadec Islands subtropical moist forests (New Zealand )French Polynesia )Ogasawara subtropical moist forests (Japan )Palau )Rapa Nui and Sala-y-Gomez subtropical broadleaf forests (Chile )American Samoa , Western Samoa )French Polynesia )Tonga )French Polynesia )French Polynesia )Kiribati , Tokelau , Tuvalu )
Palearctic ecozone
Gizhou Plateau broadleaf and mixed forests (China )China )
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