Amazon Rainforest | Plants, Animals, Climate, & Deforestation
2024年11月18日 · Amazon Rainforest, large tropical rainforest occupying the Amazon basin in northern South America and covering an area of 2,300,000 square miles (6,000,000 square km). It is the world’s richest and most-varied biological reservoir, containing several million species.
Amazon rainforest - Wikipedia
The Amazon rainforest, [a] also called Amazon jungle or Amazonia, is a moist broadleaf tropical rainforest in the Amazon biome that covers most of the Amazon basin of South America. This basin encompasses 7,000,000 km 2 (2,700,000 sq mi), [2] of which 6,000,000 km 2 (2,300,000 sq mi) are covered by the rainforest. [3]
10 amazing Amazon facts! - National Geographic Kids
Amazon facts. 1. The Amazon is the world’s largest tropical rainforest. Covering over 5.5 million square kilometres, it’s so big that the UK and Ireland would fit into it 17 times! 2. The Amazon is found in South America, spanning across Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana. 3.
Here are our top facts about the Amazon | WWF
The vast and vibrant Amazon rainforest is the largest in the world and plays a critical role in our fight against climate change.
The Amazon Rainforest - WorldRainforests.com
2024年4月4日 · Background information on the Amazon rainforest, including charts, pictures, and statistics.
Amazon Rainforest Facts | Britannica
Amazon Rainforest, large tropical rainforest occupying the Amazon basin in northern South America and covering an area of 2,300,000 square miles (6,000,000 square km). It is the world’s richest and most-varied biological reservoir, containing several million species.
About the Amazon | WWF
Not only does the Amazon encompass the single largest remaining tropical rainforest in the world, it also houses at least 10% of the world’s known biodiversity, including endemic and endangered flora and fauna, and its river accounts for 15-16% of …
The Amazon Rainforest - Education
Use this infographic to teach your students about Amazonia, also known as the Amazon rainforest ecosystem. Where Does the Amazon River Begin? Five different tributaries have been designated as the source the Amazon River through the centuries. A new study argues for yet another.
Amazon basin | Description, Geography, Conservation, & Facts
2024年10月11日 · The Amazon basin includes roughly 60 percent of the world’s rainforest and harbors 10 percent of the planet’s known forms of life—including more than 40,000 plant species, 1,300 bird species, and several million species of insects and other invertebrates.
Rainforest and Amazon facts and information - National …
2019年5月15日 · About 17 percent of the Amazonian rainforest has been destroyed over the past 50 years, and losses recently have been on the rise. Tropical rainforest now covers about six percent of...