Amazon
Rainforest
A tour through one of the
most beautiful and
exciting places in the world!
By Adam
Amazon Rainforest
Tropical rainforests are forests with tall trees, warm climates, and
lots of rain.
In some rainforests it rains more than 2.5cm nearly every day of the
year!
Rainforests are found in Africa, Asia, Australia, and Central and
South America.
The largest rainforest in the world is the Amazon rainforest in South
America.
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•Amazon Rain Forest is the most famous and biggest Rainforest in
the world!
•Located in the upper section of Brazil, just south of the Equator
•The Amazon covers more
than half the land of South
America. including Brazil,
parts of Peru, Venezuela,
Ecuador, and Bolivia.
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This is a Spider Monkey which is
actually quite large in size. They
like to hang upside-down and
swing from branch to branch. The
Spider Monkey spends most of the
time in the canopy.
There are 40 different types of
Toucans. They have large colorful
bills in a combination of colors. The
bills is used to smash fruits and
berries for the bird to eat. The
toucan also lives in the canopy.
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• The Amazon Rainforest is almost always raining and it can rain up to
80 inches a year !
• The Weather is very humid with temperatures between 75 and 85
degrees Fahrenheit but
feels much warmer because
of the humidity.
The weather is very humid with temperatures resting between 75 and 80 degrees Fahrenheit. (Summer weather)
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The Amazon rainforest has nearly
40,000 plant species.
The flora of the Amazon
Is an ingredient used in medicine
This is one of the largest water Lilly species. It
can measure 2.5 metres across.
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The Poison Arrow Frog has
bright colors to warn other
animals that they are
poisonous. One frog
carries enough poison to
kill 100 people! They can
be red, blue or yellow in
color.
The sloth is an extremely,
slow-moving animal that
lives in the trees of the
canopy. The sloth can have
two or three toes. Sloths
are nocturnal and sleep
during the day. Some sloths
can live in the same tree for
years!
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Many people live In villages and towns on
the edge of wooded areas. Deforestation is
driving people away from their homes.
The tribes and villages get all their food from
within the Amazon rainforest and their
water from the Amazon River.
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 Many
different species of underwater
creatures live in the River Amazon. The
river is home to many beautiful
underwater creatures. The warm waters
are the ideal habitat for the fish.
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 Majority
of the plants used to make our
medicines are found in the Amazon. If we
keep chopping the trees down, many
cures will be lost forever.
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