-In the Western Hemisphere, the Tropical Rainforest reaches its fullest development in the jungles of Central and South America.

-The trees are very tall and of a great variety of species, the vegetation is so dense that little light reaches.

-The climate is warm and wet. The average annual temperature is above 20 degrees celsius.

-The Tropical Rainforests are located in the tropics, a band around the equator from 23.5 N to 23.5 S.

-Rainforests now cover 6% of Earth's land surface and 40% of Earth's oxygen.

-Scientists estimate that more than half of all the world's plant and animal species live in Tropical Rainforests.