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Tropical rainforests can also be referred to as lowland equatorial evergreen rainforests 3, humid tropical forests, and jungles. Tropical rainforests do not have dry seasons and their names derive from consistent rainfall and warm temperatures throughout the year. Their locations along the equator cause temperature ranges from 23 to 27 degrees Celsius and enable them to have high evapotranspiration rates. 5 They receive around 60 to 160 inches of rainfall annually. 2 They primarily exist along the equator, between the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn zones. 1 Tropical rainforests only make up about 6% of the earth’s surface, yet they produce over 40% of the Earth's oxygen 4 and dominate portions of the land masses in Central America, South America, Africa, and Southeast Asia. The largest tropical rainforest in the world is the Amazon Rainforest in South America. 6 Along the equator, tropical rainforests have conditions suitable for plants and animals of various niches and have the largest biodiversity 2 — 40%-50%. 3

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