The Amazon
Tropical
Rainforest
Also known as: Amazonia or the Amazon Basin
Katrina Conley- 3rd Social Studies
The Amazon spreads across
much of South America.
Colombia, Ecuador, Peru,
Bolivia, Brazil and Venezuela,
Suriname, and French Guiana
all have Amazonian regions.
The Amazon has an average annual
rainfall of 80 inches.
Lubbock has an average annual rainfall
of 18.65 inches.
There are four layers that make up a rainforest, they are:
Emergent layer, Canopy layer, Understory layer, and the
Forest floor.
It’s the highest layer of the
rainforest and has tall trees that
are spread out. This layer has
high temperatures and strong
winds.
Trees here can grow up to 200 ft.
tall with trunks measuring up to
16ft.
It's a maze of leaves and branches where many
animals live since food here is abundant.
A quarter of all insect species are believed to
exist in the rainforest’s canopy.
Leaves in the canopy are very dense and filter
about 80 percent of the sunlight.
Only about 2- 5 percent of the sunlight
reaches this shadowy layer, which limits
growth here. Many of the plants in the
understory have large, broad leaves to
collect as much sunlight as possible.
This region receives only 2% of the rainforest's
sunlight.
It also contains decaying plant and animal matter,
which disappears quickly due to the warm, humid
conditions that promote rapid decay.
The largest rodent in the world!
Capybara’s are around two feet tall
and weigh around 100 pounds.
Pink river dolphins grow to over 8 feet long, and can weigh
over 450 pounds. They are the largest of all dolphins.
The smallest monkey species in the Amazon.
Adults are about five inches long with an
eight-inch tail.
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