where are rainforests found
They are found in 85 countries in the world but the largest continuous rain forest is found in the Amazon river basin in South America, much of which lies in Brazil. The second largest contiguous rain forest is that found in the Congo Basin in Africa. Ninety percent of the tropical rain forests i the world are concentrated in fifteen countries. There are five major tropical rain forest regions in the world: Central America, the Amazon Basin, Africa, Southern Asia and Australia.