Deciduous Forest World Map
The qin ling mountains deciduous forests ecoregion wwf id pa0434 covers the qin mountains which run west to east across central china.
Deciduous forest world map. Deciduous forest location the map below shows the earth s deciduous forests. Tropical deciduous forests where are they found. Commonly also known as monsoon forests in the world they are found in the belt along the equator between the tropics of cancer and capricorn as well as the humid subtropics. Find deciduous forest n 39 37 42 8412 w 79 52 9 7968 on a map.
Deciduous forest is found in three middle latitude regions with a temperate climate characterized by a winter season and year round precipitation. By definition a temperate forest is a forest that lies in the region sandwiched by the tropics and the world s polar regions on either side of the equator. Broadly speaking tropical deciduous forests occur in drier areas north and south of the tropical rainforest belt south or north of the subtropical deserts generally in two bands. The deciduous is located in a lot of places.
It is a broadleaf forest and is spread through numerous countries such as peru brazil colombia bolivia ecuador surinam guyana and venezuela. Tropical deciduous forests in india are the most widespread. Many are also found in asia like russia china korea and japan. As they move closer to the poles these forests gradually become boreal forests which have both coniferous and deciduous trees.
They are found in the eastern 1 3rd of north america europe australia and new zealand. In the southern hemisphere the forests are located in smaller parts of south america africa and australia. Africa india south america central america and small islands in the pacific are some of the places where they grow. One between 10 and 20 n latitude and the other between 10 and 20 s latitude.
The amazon is the biggest collection of biological diverse species. World map deciduous forests are in climates where there are four distinct seasons spring summer autumn and winter. Eastern north america western eurasia and northeastern asia. About 7 000 000 square kilometers or 2 702 715 square miles large this rainforest is a mammoth in size.
It is said that one. In the northern hemisphere deciduous forests are located in north america europe and asia. The amazon forest the most popular and well known of all the forests in this list and the world the amazon jungle or amazonia is indeed a wonder to behold. There is also a bit down in the southern tip of south america.
The mountains effectively divide the biological regions of china into north and south. Address field enter an address city state place name postal code or any other name for a location into this field and then click the find button to retrieve its latitude longitude coordinate pair. The region in which temperate forests lies is known as the. Some famous deciduous forests include the northeast china plain the great smoky mountains national park us and the european temperate deciduous forest.
More precisely these forests exist between latitudes 25 and 50 on either side of the equator. They are located in north america europe and asia.