occurs roughly within the latitudes 28 degrees north
or south of the equator Examples of rainforests :Amazon rainforest in America, Western Ghats in India Where are the rainforests Located: rainforests lie in the tropics Rainfall: rainforests receive at least 80 inches (200 cm) of rain per year. The Western Ghats is a mountain range along the western side of India. The area is one of the worlds ten "Hottest biodiversity hotspots" and has over 5000 species of flowering plants, 139 mammal species, 508 bird species, it is likely that many undiscovered species live in the Western Ghats. The Amazon Rainforest also known the Amazon Jungle, is a moist broadleaf forest that covers most of the Amazon Basin of South America, The Amazon Rainforest has been described as the "Lungs of our Planet" because it provides the essential environmental world service of continuously recycling carbon dioxide into oxygen. More than 20 percent of the world oxygen is produced in the Amazon Rainforest.