Facts about Amazon River

Answer 1

The Amazon river is in South America and is approximately 6,400 km.

It runs through the Amazon Rainforest and is in Brazil.

Its also the 2nd most largest river in the world after the river Nile.

Answer 2

The Amazon rainforest is a moist broadleaf forest in the Amazon Basin of South America.

1. More than 20% of the Amazon rainforest is disappearing because of people cutting down trees for ; furniture and paper.

2. Lots of wildlife live there such as Hummingbirds, Giant Spiders, Snakes (different species), tree frogs, monkeys, and much much more.

3. The Amazon rain forest stretches over 1.4 billion acres of land.

4. The Amazon rain forest takes up 40 % of the Continent.

5. Many herbal medication is made from the plants in the Amazon rain forest.

6. It is the largest rainforest in the world.

7. It covers Approximately 2.5 million miles.

8. Lots of tribes live there.

9. 50,000 types of plants have been found by scientists.

10. 1500 types of birds have been found by scientists.

11. 4 types of big cats have been found

12. 2500 types of fish

13. 2000 types of mosquitoes

14. 1800 types of butterflies

15. The Amazon rain forest provides about 15%-20% of the world oxygen (Because there is so much trees)

16. If it was a country it would be the 9th largest in the world.

17. A toucan is the most popular bird that lives there.

18. Approximately 2700 million acres of land are burned each year.

19. There may be 50 types of tribes living there right now .

20. 70% of plants found to have anticancer properties are found only in the rainforests.

In one hectare, (2.47 acres), there are about 750 species of trees and 1,500 species of plants.

If the Amazon Rainforest were to be a country, it would be the ninth largest country in the world!

It is the largest rainforest in the world. It covers about 2.5 million miles.

It rains there, obviously.

The Amazon used to flow westward to the Pacific Ocean. After a tectonic plate shift, it eventually started flowing east to the Atlantic.

50% of the 9 feet of rain it receives each year is released to the atmosphere by the foliage of the trees. Deforestation is severely affecting this statistic.

Answer 3

• It's the 2nd largest river in the world.
• It Runs through South America, Mainly in Brazil.
• It is surrounded by the world famous Amazon Rainforest.

Answer 4

No bridges cross the Amazon River.

It is the world second biggest river.

At its largest point, it can be six miles wide.

Answer 5

it is the widest and longest river and it runs through the amazon rainforest

Answer 6

The Amazon River is the second longest river in the world. It is the habitat of one third of wildlife species around the world. Its volume of water is one of the greatest in the world.

Answer 7

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