Amazon Rainforest
Amazon Rainforest
I am an explorer and I just returned from an expedition to the Amazon rainforest. The Amazon rainforest was amazing and there lots of facts that I would like to tell you about: [pic] The Rainforest grow around the equator. The hot, steamy conditions are perfect for plants. [pic] In fact, rainforests contain the largest diversity of plant and animal life on earth; many species are still unidentified. Rainforests form distinct layers, providing homes for animals at all levels. [pic] The Amazon rainforest is the world’s largest remaining natural resource that now represents 54% of the total rainforest left on earth. [pic] More than 20% of earth’s oxygen is produced in this area the name of that area is called ‘lungs of the planet’. [pic] An estimated number of 2,700 million acres of the rainforest are burned each year. [pic] The rainforest is one of the wettest but hottest places on earth. August is the Amazon’s driest month. [pic] In the southeast of England, the temperature in January is about 5°c, where as in the Amazon it is about 28°c. [pic] The total number of tree species is estimated to be about 2500. The total numbers of plants are about 40.000. The Amazon insects are about 2.5 million species. There are 7500 species of butterflies and 50 species of ants are found in a single tree. [pic] Over 500 mammals, 175 lizards and over 300 other reptiles species, and one third of the world’s birds live in Amazonia.
Map of the Amazon rainforest
The Amazon rainforest covers the area of 2.5 million square miles, and taken up nine countries of Brazil: Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia and the Guiana’s, Guyana, French Guiana and Suriname. Tropical rainforests are located around the equator where temperatures stay near 80 degrees year round. Rainforest receive 160 too 400 inches of rain each year. Today, rapid deforestation threatens the Amazons forests. At current rates, 25 percent of
I am an explorer and I just returned from an expedition to the Amazon rainforest. The Amazon rainforest was amazing and there lots of facts that I would like to tell you about: [pic] The Rainforest grow around the equator. The hot, steamy conditions are perfect for plants. [pic] In fact, rainforests contain the largest diversity of plant and animal life on earth; many species are still unidentified. Rainforests form distinct layers, providing homes for animals at all levels. [pic] The Amazon rainforest is the world’s largest remaining natural resource that now represents 54% of the total rainforest left on earth. [pic] More than 20% of earth’s oxygen is produced in this area the name of that area is called ‘lungs of the planet’. [pic] An estimated number of 2,700 million acres of the rainforest are burned each year. [pic] The rainforest is one of the wettest but hottest places on earth. August is the Amazon’s driest month. [pic] In the southeast of England, the temperature in January is about 5°c, where as in the Amazon it is about 28°c. [pic] The total number of tree species is estimated to be about 2500. The total numbers of plants are about 40.000. The Amazon insects are about 2.5 million species. There are 7500 species of butterflies and 50 species of ants are found in a single tree. [pic] Over 500 mammals, 175 lizards and over 300 other reptiles species, and one third of the world’s birds live in Amazonia.
Map of the Amazon rainforest
The Amazon rainforest covers the area of 2.5 million square miles, and taken up nine countries of Brazil: Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia and the Guiana’s, Guyana, French Guiana and Suriname. Tropical rainforests are located around the equator where temperatures stay near 80 degrees year round. Rainforest receive 160 too 400 inches of rain each year. Today, rapid deforestation threatens the Amazons forests. At current rates, 25 percent of