Intro:

::The Tropical Rainforest Biome is one of the most productive areas in the world.

:: The abundant sunlight,warm temperatures and and daily rain lead to adundance in nutrients therefore, plant growth is rapid.

:: This is a land without winter thus there are flowers all year round.

:: The forest has been in existence for 70 million and 100 million years so this biome isvery old.

:: Animals and plants had the opportunity to adapt to each other very closely since none of them need to migrate there is no cold season present.

:: Nutrients in soil is actually poor; not much nutrients are present this is due to the fact that years of rain has washed minerals out of the soil so all nutrients are actually in living plants and animals.

:: Competition therefore for minerals is feirce

Location:

:: Central America, Caribbean islands, equatorial South America and western Africa, southeastern Asia from India to Malaysia, northern Australia, and many Pacific Islands.

::Cover about 6% of the earth’s total land surface area.

:: Mainly located around the belt at the equator, in the Amazon basin in South America, the Congo Basin and other lowland regions in Africa, and on mainland islands of Southeast Asia; especially abundant on Sumatra and New Guinea

::Small areas also found in Central America and along the Queensland coast of Australia

::Found between 10 degree north and 10 degree south latitude at elevations below 3,000 feet with 3 major distinct formations:
Neotropical ( Amazonia into Central America)
African (Zaire Basin with an outlier in West Africa; also Eastern Madagascar)
Indo-Malaysian (wst couast of India, Assam, Southeast Asia, New Guinea and Queensland Australia)