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[[File:River in the Amazon rainforest.jpg|thumb|right|250px|[[Amazon river]] rain forest in [[Brazil]]]]

A '''tropical rainforest''' is a [[rainforest]] with [[tropical]] [[animal]]s and [[plant]]s. They are found in a band around the [[equator]] and cover 6% of the [[Earth]]'s surface. They are [[warm]] for most of the year but have a lot of [[rainfall]]. They also have many different plants and animals. In Luton, there is a rainforest

The tropical rainforest is a [[biome]]. The biggest tropical rainforest is mostly in [[Brazil]]. Other rainforests are in Asia ([[Indonesia]] mainly), central [[Africa]] and north eastern [[Australia]]. A tropical rainforest gets over 274 cm of rainfall every year.

== Characteristics ==
The characteristics of this type are forest are: <ref name=Burnham/>

#Land is mostly under 700 metres down to below sea level
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[[sr:Тропска кишна шума]]
[[sh:Tropska kišna šuma]]
[[fi:Trooppinen sademetsä]]
[[te:ఉష్ణమండల వర్షారణ్యం]]
[[uk:Тропічні та субтропічні дощові ліси]]
[[vi:Rừng mưa nhiệt đới]]
[[zh:热带雨林]]