EQUATORIAL REGIONS ----LOCATION AND AREAS

EQUATORIAL   REGIONS  OF   THE   WORLD

Equatorial regions are located in a band around the Equator and cover about 6% of the Earth's surface. They are often in lowland areas and have a climate that is hot and wet all year round. Tropical rainforests grow in the equatorial regions.

• The Amazon Rainforest covers an area of 5,500,000km² in: Brazil, Peru, Columbia, Venezuela, Equador, Bolivia, Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana.
• The Atlantic Forest covers an area of 1,315,460km² in: Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina.
• The Madagascar lowland forests cover an area of 112,600km² on the island of Madagascar.
• The Ituri Rainforest covers an area of 63,000km² in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
• The Hawaiian tropical rainforests cover an area of 6,700km² in the Hawaiian Islands.
• The Daintree Rainforest covers an area of 2,600km² in Australia.
• The Harpan Rainforest covers an area of 985km² in Sumatra.

Some of the longest rivers in the world flow through tropical rainforests like the: Amazon, Mekong, Orinoco and Congo because they receive so much rainfall.