African Tropical Rainforest Map

African Tropical Rainforest Map. Africa Rainforest Map Africa's rainforests are found mostly on the western coast and on the island of Madagascar Tropical African forest is 18 percent of the world's total and covers over 3.6 million square kilometers of land in West, East, and Central Africa

African Tropical Rainforest Map
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Up to 90% has already been lost to deforestation, and more is. The rainforests are found in three quite distinct areas, each supporting a wide array of unique species.

African Tropical Rainforest Map

The rainforests are found in three quite distinct areas, each supporting a wide array of unique species. This total area can be subdivided to 2.69 million square kilometers (74%) in Central Africa, 680,000 square kilometers (19%) in West Africa, and 250,000 square kilometers (7%) in East Africa Butler Last update: July 16, 2020 Read more Most of Africa's remaining rainforests are found in the Congo river basin on the Atlantic Ocean side of the continent.

African Tropical Rainforest Map. The tropical sun keeps the rainforest so hot that when the rains fall each day, the water evaporates into steam The African wet tropics contain the second largest area of tropical rainforest in the world (second only to Amazonia), accounting for roughly 30% of global rainforest cover, the lush green heart of an otherwise generally dry continent.

African Tropical Rainforest Map. DRC has the largest rainforest area, with over 264 million acres, roughly 60% of Central Africa's lowland. Forests Evergreen tropical rainforests - shown dark green on the map - cover about 12% of Africa and are the richest areas of the continent biologically