borneo lowland rainforest
This rainforest is an ecoregion. It supports roughly 10,000 plant species, 380 bird species and 15,000 mammal species. The Borneo lowland rainforest is reducing more than ever due to logging and conversion for commercial land use and plantations.
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The Borneo Lowland Rainforest is located in South East Asia, it runs through parts of Malaysia and Indonesia. The forest is located North of Australia.
Covering an area of about 427,500 km2, parts of the rainforest lie in the territories of the Indonesian islands: Kalimantan (Indonesia), Sarawak and Sabah (Malaysia) and Brunei. Borneo is the largest and certainly the most significant rainforest in Asia. The rainforest takes up approximately 57% of the island's area. - The purple shaded areas on the map on page 1 show the location of the Borneo Rainforest. - The white line on the map on page 2 displays the tallest mountain ranges within the rainforest. |
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