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Tropical Forests

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Locations of equatorial evergreen broadleaf forests, which are forests that receive high rainfall throughout the year

A map highlights (green) the regions in which the tropical forests are found such as Central and South America, West and Central Africa, Southeast Asia, and Oceania.

In North America, except for a tiny strip in South Florida, tropical forests are mainly restricted to the coastal regions of southern Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean islands. In South America, tropical forests occur along the Pacific coasts of Colombia and Ecuador, across northern Colombia and Venezuela, and throughout the Amazon basin in Brazil and neighboring countries, extending to the Atlantic coast. Small extensions of tropical forest continue south through Bolivia and Paraguay to northern Argentina, with patches in eastern Brazil and its southeastern coast.

In sub-Saharan Africa, tropical forests are found along the Atlantic coast from southern Senegal to Ghana, east through Nigeria, northern Cameroon, and the Central African Republic. A large region covers Gabon, Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and extends into Angola and Zambia. Scattered patches are present in Ethiopia, South Sudan, Kenya, Tanzania, and Mozambique. A significant area is also found along the east coast of Madagascar.

In Asia, tropical forests are in India along the west coast, the Himalayas' foothills in northern India, Nepal, Bhutan, northeast India, eastern India near the Bay of Bengal, and Sri Lanka. Southeast Asia has extensive forests in northern Myanmar, parts of Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, and Malaysia. Indonesia has forests on Sumatra, Borneo, Sulawesi, and Iran Jaya. In the Philippines, small forested areas remain on several islands.

In Oceania, tropical forests cover most of Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, part of New Caledonia, and narrow zones along Australia's northern and northeastern coasts.

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	Tropical Forests	Chromium Mines	Lowest hazard	Low hazard	Moderately low hazard	Moderate hazard	Moderately high hazard	High hazard	Highest hazard	AES Deepwater Oil Plant TX USA	Baxter Wilson Oil Plant MS USA	Bayboro Oil Plant FL USA	Benning Oil Plant DC USA	Blue Lake Oil Plant MN USA	Bowline Point Oil Plant NY USA	Burlington Oil Plant CO USA	Burnside Combustion Turbines Generating Station Canada	Buzzard Point Oil Plant DC USA	Buzzard Roost Oil Plant SC USA	Canal Oil Plant MA USA	Chillicothe Oil Plant MO USA	Cleary Flood Oil Plant MA USA	Commonwealth Chesapeake Oil Plant VA USA	Courtney Bay Oil Power Plant Canada (Shutdown)	Croydon CT Generating Station Oil Plant PA USA	Dalhousie Oil Power Station Canada	Darbytown Oil Plant VA USA	DeBary Oil Plant FL USA	Delaware Generating Station Oil Plant PA USA	Devon Station Oil Plant CT USA	Edgewater Oil Plant OH USA	ExxonMobil Beaumont Refinery Oil Plant TX USA	Fermi Oil Plant MI USA	Frederickson Oil Plant WA USA	G E Turner Oil Plant FL USA	Gerald Andrus Oil Plant MS USA	Gravel Neck Oil Plant VA USA	Hay Road CCGT Power Plant DE USA	Holtsville Oil Plant NY USA	Holyrood Thermal Generating Station Canada	Honolulu Oil Plant HI USA	Indian River Oil Plant FL USA	Intercession City Oil Plant FL USA	Jones Street Oil Plant NE USA	Kalaeola Cogen Plant Oil Plant HI USA	Kemper County Oil Plant MS USA	Lagoon Creek Oil Plant TN USA	Lincoln Combustion Oil Plant NC USA	Maalaea Oil Plant HI USA	Manatee Oil Plant FL USA	Marshalltown Oil Plant IA USA	Martin Oil Plant FL USA	McKee Run Oil Plant DE USA	McManus Oil Plant GA USA	Miami Wabash Oil Plant IN USA	Middletown Oil Plant CT USA	Millbank OCGT Generating Station Canada	Millinocket Mill Oil Plant ME USA	Montville Station Oil Plant CT USA	Myrtle Beach Oil Plant SC USA	Newington Oil Plant NH USA	North Pole Oil Plant AK USA	Northeast Oil Plant MO USA	Northport Oil Plant NY USA	Northside Generating Station Oil Plant FL USA	Oakland Power Plant Oil Plant CA USA	Oswego Harbor Power Oil Plant NY USA	P L Bartow Oil Plant FL USA	Panda Brandywine LP Oil Plant MD USA	Parkdale Oil Plant TX USA	Point Beach Oil Plant WI USA	Port Everglades Oil Plant FL USA	Potter Station 2 Oil Plant MA USA	PPL Shoreham Energy LLC Oil Plant NY USA	PSEG Albany Generating Station Oil Plant NY USA	Richmond Generating Station Oil Plant PA USA	Riviera Oil Plant FL USA	Roseton Generating Station Oil Plant NY USA	Schuylkill Generating Station Oil Plant PA USA	Sherman Avenue Oil Plant NJ USA	Spirit Mound Oil Plant SD USA	Stony Brook Oil Plant MA USA	Suwannee River Oil Plant FL USA	Thomas Fitzhugh Oil Plant AR USA	Tufts Cove Oil Generating Station Canada	Turkey Point Oil Plant FL USA	Vienna Operations Oil Plant MD USA	Wading River Oil Plant NY USA	Waiau Oil Plant HI USA	Warren Oil Plant PA USA	Werner Oil Plant NJ USA	West Springfield Oil Plant MA USA	Wilson Oil Plant GA USA
Arizona				6.30%	79.1%	4.42%
Utah					12.7%	56.8%	6.12%	1.39%
Idaho				2.22%	24.8%	28.3%	9.56%
Rhode Island					93.7%
Vermont					81.9%	18.1%
Wyoming				5.20%	20.2%	63.6%	8.78%
Montana		3	20.1%	5.22%	15.0%	22.0%	2.02%
North Dakota			98.6%	1.38%
Kentucky				7.69%	64.8%	10.2%	7.55%	1.03%	3.57%
West Virginia		1		66.8%	33.2%
Louisiana			6.85%	90.8%	1.03%
Oregon		143			1.50%	41.7%	13.0%	4.40%	4.75%
Alabama			2.82%	40.6%	43.3%	7.23%
New Mexico			7.73%	4.90%	54.5%	8.67%
Kansas			42.9%	9.98%
British Columbia					2.06%
Nevada					6.24%	61.7%	15.9%	6.20%	1.29%
Oklahoma				43.3%	42.2%	13.7%
Illinois				52.5%	18.5%	13.6%	11.9%	1.07%	1.91%
Alaska		1	2.85%	1.92%	2.33%	38.6%	2.01%	5.60%	5.27%																																																					1
District of Columbia				100%									1					1
Florida	1.15%		87.3%	10.9%								1																1							1							1	1							1		1													1			1				1					1						1			1
New Hampshire					39.4%	60.3%																																																							1
Washington					25.6%	38.5%	19.2%	5.52%	10.1%																									1
Maine					63.3%	7.54%																																																				1
Nova Scotia																	1																																																																				1
Virginia			1.50%	39.8%	49.9%	5.34%																	1				1										1
Delaware				80.2%	18.7%																																	1															1
Mississippi				46.6%	33.2%	16.6%	3.37%				1																									1										1
Nebraska			33.8%	2.42%	1.45%																																							1
Texas		1	54.2%	29.7%	7.88%					1																						1																																						1
Missouri			8.53%	41.8%	23.6%	11.8%	7.42%	1.26%	5.55%												1																																										1
Hawaii					7.50%	6.67%	9.71%	4.93%	52.2%																																1				1				1																																								1
North Carolina			5.87%	47.3%	35.4%	9.17%	1.38%																																									1
New Brunswick																								1		1																															1
Wisconsin			95.7%	4.01%																																																																			1
Newfoundland and Labrador																																								1
New Jersey				17.9%	69.2%	10.9%																			1																																																							1											1
South Carolina					22.6%	58.4%	8.92%	2.25%	7.66%										1																																									1
Michigan			74.0%	24.1%																													1
Connecticut					98.9%																									1																										1			1
Pennsylvania		1		85.9%	14.1%																								1																																															1			1											1
Colorado			5.33%	26.1%	34.0%	32.6%										1
Massachusetts					79.0%	15.4%														1		1																																																			1									1										1
Georgia			4.38%	39.2%	43.9%	10.4%	1.79%																																															1																																							1
New York				31.8%	35.5%	13.6%	7.01%								1																								1																									1			1							1	1			1										1
Maryland				87.1%	10.7%																																																																1																		1
Tennessee					28.9%	15.6%	11.5%	1.92%	8.15%																																						1
California		283			3.21%	9.22%	1.48%	1.10%	28.4%																																																									1
Arkansas				17.3%	39.7%	21.2%	1.93%	2.11%	7.50%																																																																											1
South Dakota			27.5%	53.6%	8.87%																																																																												1
Ohio		1		85.3%	2.10%	1.52%																									1
Indiana		1		50.5%	36.9%	9.25%	3.12%																																																1
Minnesota			99.1%											1
Iowa			92.6%	7.45%																																															1

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