Madagascar is the fourth largest island in the world that
has been isolated for 150 to 180 million years. Due to this isolation, it has
become a biodiversity hotspot with many endemic animal and plant species. About
112,600 square kilometers of Madagascar’s land is covered by tropical
rainforests or “lowland forests”. These tropical rainforests are located on the
east coast of the island where there is low-elevation. Every year there is more
than 2,000 mm rainfall in this ecoregion. Below we can see the thin narrow strip of the rainforests.
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"Madagascar Lowland Forests." Madagascar Lowland Forests. World Wildlife Fund, n.d. Web. 9 Nov. 2012. <http://www.eoearth.org/article/Madagascar_lowland_forests>.
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