What is happening to the Amazon Region? The Amazon rainforest is the largest tropical rainforest in the world which covers over five and half a million square kilometers. Over half of the Amazon is located in Brazil but also in South American countries; Peru‚ Venezuela‚ Ecuador‚ Colombia‚ Guyana‚ Bolivia and Suriname. (Science Kids‚ 2013). During the past 40 years‚ 20% of the Amazon rainforest has been cut down‚ this percentage could be higher but was not put in account due to logging.this causes
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places on earth. Rainforests are home to about fifty million people and millions of species of animals‚ plants‚ and insects. The largest rainforest in the world is the Amazon rainforest which grows in nine different countries in Latin America. Amazon rainforest has the second longest river in the world which is called Amazon River. Rainforest has many different species of animals‚ birds and insects. Some are strange‚ some are beautiful‚ and some are even new to us. For example‚ tapirs are
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Located in South America‚ the Amazon rainforest covers a span of about 3.5 million square miles in several different countries‚ making it the world’s largest rainforest. Rainforests are characterized by the heavy rainfall they receive which is a minimum of six and a half feet a year. Also‚ they can either be tropical or temperate‚ and they are found on nearly every continent‚ not including Antarctica. They are also composed of several vertical layers. The canopy‚ the uppermost layer‚ is the “tops
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* Located in South America‚ the Amazon Rainforest spans over the Amazon basin of South America‚ stretching over 2.1 million square miles. * The Amazon Rainforest spans over nine countries‚ including Brazil‚ Peru‚ Colombia‚ Venezuela‚ Ecuador‚ Bolivia‚ Guyana‚ Suriname and French Guiana. * 60% of the Amazon Rainforest is contained within the borders of Brazil. * The map coordinates of the Amazon Rainforest center is 3° 9′ 36″ S‚ 60° 1′ 48″ W. * The region has an average temperature
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Tomorrow Have you ever wondered what the Earth would be like without the Amazon rainforest? The Amazon covers forty percent of South America and produces twenty percent of the Earth’s oxygen. It holds over ten million species of animals and over forty thousand different types of plants. This is the most biodiverse rainforest on the planet. It hold everything from the Brazilin Wandering Spider to the Green Anaconda. The Amazon Rainforest holds more than just animals and plants‚ it also holds ancient
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Amazon Rainforest Conservation through Development of Indigenous Peoples Today‚ the Amazon Rainforest is a very different place than it was when the Spanish explorer Francisco de Orellana first navigated through its river in 1542. The forest has been around for 55 million years on the South American continent (e.g. Maslin et al. 2005) but through decades of deforestation‚ climate change‚ agriculture‚ and population growth‚ the Amazon Rainforest is facing a point of destruction. In Brazil‚ at the
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The way the Brazil Government has used the rain forest for their people and what they have done to the Amazon tribes to affect life for them in the rain forest will also be in this report. The Amazonian Tribes arrived in the rain forest over ten thousand years ago. They are all descendants of other ancient civilizations in Latin America who formed tribes to survive the environment of the Amazon Rain forest. They began living in different parts of the rainforest
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The Amazon Rainforest is the largest tropical rainforest in the world. The majority of the rainforest is sited in Brazil with 60% of the rainforest contained there. It is also spread throughout other nations in South America such as Peru‚ Columbia‚ Venezuela‚ Ecuador‚ Bolivia‚ Guyana‚ Suriname‚ and French Guiana. (See Figure 1) Land clearing has become a major contributing factor in the destruction of Amazon Forest and the development of its land. This is predominantly due to human activities which
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