Image this: You are walking on wet, rotting leaves in a forest that you can only see spots of blue sky through the thick mass of trees and leaves. The temperature is a warm 78 degrees and the air is filled with sounds of exotic birds and animals scurrying all around you. As you look down at your feet you may see odd shaped mushrooms clustered about fallen tree trunks and neon green frogs the size of your big thumb hopping from leaf to leaf.
Where has your imagination taken you?
If you guessed the Rainforest...you are right!
Tropical rainforests are located around the equator-from the Tropic of Cancer in the north, to the Tropic of Capricorn in the south.
The Amazon rainforest in South America is the world's largest, covering an area about two-thirds the size of the continental United States.
Tropical rainforests receive 160 to 400 inches of rain each year and temperatures stay near 75-80 degrees Fahrenheit all year-round.
