Lush tropical rainforests grow around the world in lands near the equator, in Central and South America, Africa, Southern Asia, Australia, and some islands of the Pacific. The rainforests flourish in warm areas that have year-round rainfall, as much as 80 to 160 inches of rain a year.
Each acre of rainforest has more vegetation than an acre anywhere else on earth. Tall trees created a leafy green canopy above. Smaller trees, shrubs and ferns fill in the spaces below. Dangling vines encircle the trees and shrubs.
Millions of species of insects thrive in the rainforest. Sloths, monkeys, parrots, and snakes live in the trees. A few large mammals hunt on the forest floor below -- the anteater in Central and South America, the hippopotamus in Africa, and the tiger in Southern Asia.
People count on rainforest to provide timber, natural…
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