is the congo rainforest a tropical rainforest?
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At 500 million acres, it is larger than the state of Alaska and stands as the world's second-largest tropical forest. A mosaic of rivers, forests, savannas, swamps and flooded forests, the Congo Basin is teeming with life. Gorillas, elephants and buffalo all call the region home.
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Congo is located in the central-western part of sub-Saharan Africa, along the Equator, lying between latitudes 4°N and 5°S, and longitudes 11° and 19°E. To the south and east of it is the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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Tropical rainforest now covers about six percent of Earth's land surface.
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Mean temperatures in tropical rainforest regions are between 20 and 29 °C (68 and 84 °F), and in no month is the mean temperature below 18 °C (64 °F). Temperatures become critical with increasing altitude; in the wet tropics temperatures fall by about 0.5 °C (0.9 °F) for every 100 metres (328 feet) climbed.
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Gorillas are found only in Central Africa including Uganda, Rwanda, and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Cameroon. They prefer tropical and sub-tropical forests.
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The Amazon is the largest rainforest in the world, and may be home to a quarter of the Earth's land-bound species. If it keeps burning, it's likely to turn into a completely different ecosystem, with fewer trees and different species of plants and animals.
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Many people think of Africa as consisting mostly of vast stretches of dry desert. ... Others believe that the African continent is a huge steaming jungle or rainforest. In fact only a small percentage of Africa, along the Guinea Coast and in the Zaire River Basin, are rainforests.
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Small animals, including monkeys, birds, snakes, rodents, frogs, and lizards are common in the tropical rainforest. Many of these animals and a multitude of insects never set foot on the ground. The animals use the tall trees and understory for shelter, hiding places from their predators, and a source of food.
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Many countries have tropical forests. The countries with the largest areas of tropical forest are (in order): Brazil.
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The Wealth of the Rainforests More than 20 percent of the world oxygen is produced in the Amazon Rainforest. More than half of the world's estimated 10 million species of plants, animals and insects live in the tropical rainforests. One-fifth of the world's fresh water is in the Amazon Basin.
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Other countries that have large areas of rainforest include Bolivia, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Ecuador, Gabon, Guyana, India, Laos, Malaysia, Mexico, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, Republic of Congo, Suriname, and Venezuela.
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The Congo Basin is the second largest tropical rainforest in the world, with almost 2 million square kilometers of humid forest- an area about the size of Mexico. ... The Congo Basin is home to mountain gorillas, lowland gorillas, chimpanzees, and forest elephants, as well as approximately 1,000 species of birds.
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"Zaire" (now the Democratic Republic of Congo) called the natural zoo of the world because naturally there are many dense forests in the country. 70% to 80% of the land is covered by dense forests.
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The Congo Basin Forest. The Congo Basin is the second largest tropical rainforest in the world, with almost 2 million square kilometers of humid forest- an area about the size of Mexico. Including secondary and savanna forest, the area equals about 3 million square kilometers, almost half the size of the continental US ...
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Rainforests are characterized by lots of rain and a dense canopy, usually with very large tries and an incredible varied ecosystem. Savannas, or savannahs, are usually grasslands, drier, and their trees are shorter and more sparse. ... Both habitats occur on or close to the equator, although temperate rainforests do occur.
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A subspecies of eastern gorilla, the eastern lowland gorilla is found only in the rainforests of eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
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The tropical rainforest biome has a equatorial climate and gets fifty to two-hundred-sixty inches of rainfall. The Taiga has a cool climate with moderate rainfall.