1. The Amazon and Congo Rainforests
When people think of tropical rainforests; wet, lush, green, exotic and preserved lands come to mind. ... Both the Amazon Rainforest and Congo Rainforest are identified as tropical rainforests because they share the characteristics previously mentioned. The Amazon rainforest covers a majority of the Amazon Basin in South America; the rainforest makes up 2,100,000 square miles of the 2,700,000 square miles. ... The Amazon represents over half of the planet's remaining rainforests; while the Congo Rainforest, located in central Africa, is the world's second largest tropical rainforest...
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