Disease‚ Hunger‚ Poverty‚ etc. Most people do not think of the Amazon rainforest as a global issue‚ but it is swiftly becoming a large problem. The Amazon rainforest is covers a vast area of South America‚ housing some of the most magnificent plant species and animals‚ some found nowhere else in the world. Loggers‚ a group of people that use the rainforest to cut down the trees for wood‚ are a huge problem in the rainforest. Deforestation is killing acres and acres of land‚ cause at least 35 species
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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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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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Amazon Rainforest. This culture does not have any modern technology that many other cultures have. Waorani culture relies on the Amazon Rainforest for its survival. The Waorani have built their whole life around the utilization of the rainforest. They do not stay in one area of land for very long. Once any of their resources start to become low they pack up and get ready to move to a new area of land in the forest. One reason that they move around so frequently is due to the fact that rainforest soil
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The Tropical Rainforests There are many different ecosystems on this planet. They include tundra’s‚ desserts‚ grasslands‚ etc. However‚ the tropical rainforest is truly the world’s most diverse biome in both structure and species diversity. The Tropical rainforest is characterized by a dense growth of trees and by the continuously canopy that is formed by the broad- leaved Evergreen trees. There is also large amounts of precipitation annually and there is no dry season‚ which is a major factor
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The Amazon Rainforest needs to be protected! If we do nothing to save the rainforest‚ our planet will be permanently damaged and there will be nothing we could do about it. The rainforest is basically the lungs of the earth. The carbon that will be released into the atmosphere will heat up the earth‚and possibly kill many plants‚ animals‚ etc. People are also doing things in the amazon that are killing many species of plants‚ animals‚ etc. Also‚ do do what is threatening these animals‚ developers
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tropical rainforests? OBSERVATION: Tropical rain forests are so far from Arizona they are almost mythical. We think of flocks of colorful birds‚ steaming undergrowth‚ bouquets of orchids‚ man-eating fish‚ leaping monkeys‚ and native people‚ some of whom may be headhunters. These impressions are great to watch on Animal Planet‚ but most of us in the developed world feel little direct connection with these strange and distant forests. However‚ the truth is every one of us has touched a rainforest today
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The Rainforest Ecosystem ENV 100 April 15 2013 The Rainforest Ecosystem “In an average year in a tropical rain forest‚ the climate is very humid because of all the rainfall‚ which amounts to about 250 cm per year” ("Discover The Rainforest "‚ 2011). The rain forest has large amounts of rain because it is very hot and wet. Tropical rainforests are defined by rainfall. They would not survive without it. Not all rain forests have tropical sunny
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Rainforests are the most important 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
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A hundred million gallons of oil was spilt into the Gulf of Mexico in 2010‚ the so-called Amazon Rainforest was deforested over the years in what we refer to now as the Amazon Desert. Big headlines are broadcasted all over the news‚ from Canada‚ to the United States‚ to China‚ to Italy‚ which brings devastating news everywhere‚ but what about‚ the small‚ yet critical causes happening at this moment? Liberal leader Justin Trudeau was elected prime minister of Canada this October‚ and received the
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