Low-latitude regions

Along the equator in Latin America, Africa, India, and Indonesia

warm weather year round

it stretches from the equator to the tropic of cancer and to the tropic of Capricorn

1. Tropical rainnforest

- wet in most months (year round rain)

- home to many plants and animals

-canopy-top layer of forest

-Amazon Basin in South America is world's largest rainforest area

-Canopy so thick that little sunlight reaches forest floor.

-two seasons: wet and dry

-variety of animals

2. Savannas

- wet season and then the rest of the year is hot and dry

-Savannas have broad grasslands with a few trees

-can be found in middle america, south asia, africa, and northern austrailia

-ostrich

Brazil-lots of savanna