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The major tropical rainforests in the world are the Amazon, Congo, Madagascar, South-East Asia and Australia.The Amazon is the largest rainforest in the world. It is located in South America. The area of the Amazon is 5,500,000km2. The Amazon covers most of Brazil and extends to Colombia. The Congo rainforest in Africa has one of the longest rivers in the world. The area of the Congo rainforest is 1.4million square miles. The Madagascar lowland forests are a tropical broadleaf forest. The area of Madagascar rainforest is 112,664km2. The most tropical rainforest in Asia is in Indonesia. The area of South - East Asia rainforest is 4,500,00km2. Australia has many rainforests due to significant features despite being one of the driest continents. Australia has approximately 123 million hectares of native forest which represents about 16% of Australias land area.