The rainforests of southeast Asia and associated island archipelagos match the African and topical American
forest for diversity of plants and animals. However, of the three, southeast Asia has the lowest proportion
of original forest remaining. The most significant areas, in terms of size and biological diversity, are on
the islands of Borneo and Sumatra, which are part of Indonesia, and the island of New Guinea. Australia,
which is mostly desert, has a small but biologically important region of rainforest in the far north of the
country in Queensland. (Countries without significant areas are not labelled.)
(Data derived from map produced by National Geographic Map Machine.)
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