Rainforests in strange places

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Where is the rainforest above located? For the answer see below....

It's in Iran, the Caspian Hyrcanian mixed forests of Gilan province. Here's a precipitation map of Iran:

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Where did you find this picture?

it's on wikipedia, but i think they got it from an iranian gov. tourism site (i've seen it there before).

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One of the better Metal Gear Solid games was partly set in some area of Southern Russian. It resembled the Amazon.

By Sebastian Flyte (not verified) on 03 Aug 2009 #permalink

The influence of the hanging gardens of Babylon, right? They were built for Nebuchadnezzar's wife who missed the greenery of Persia, and I can see why now.