Amazon Rainforest
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
AMAZON RAIN FOREST
THE AMAZON RAIN FOREST IS CALLED LUNGS OF THE EARTH. THE AMAZON RAIN FOREST IS 2,100,000 MI.² LARGE
Stop cutting down forests
Photo by kazuend
AMAZON RAINFOREST LOCATIONS
The Amazon rain forest is found in Peru Venezuela Bolivia Columbia and Brazil.
LIFE IN THE AMAZON RAINFOREST
- In the Amazon there is 40,000 plants 1300 birds 3000 Fish 430 mammals and 2.5 million insects
- 20% of the worlds birds live in the Amazon.
- In the Amazon there is 750 different types of trees and 1500 higher plants.
Photo by Albert Michaud
BULLET ANT
HERE IS A LIST OF THE MOST DANGEROUS ANIMALS:
BRAZILIAN WANDERING SPIDER
SOUTH AMERICAN RATTLESNAKE
RED BELLIED PIRANHA
ELECTRIC EELS
Photo by shankar s.
GREEN ANACONDA
AMAZON RIVER
- The Amazon river is 100 meters deep
- The Amazon river is 6.8 miles wide
- If you swam across the Amazon river you’ll take you 66 10 hour days.
DESERTIFICATION
SINCE 1950 HALF OF THE AMAZON RAIN FOREST HAS BEEN LOST AND TURNED INTO DESERT
Photo by Bernd Thaller
DEFORESTATION
EVERY MINUTE 20 FOOTBALL FIELDS OF FOREST ARE CUT DOWN. EVERY SECOND ONE AND AHALF ACRES OF FOREST IS CUT DOWN.
Photo by mikecogh
CATTLE GRAZING
THE MAIN CAUSE OF DEFORESTATION IS CATTLE GRAZING AND LOGGING.
AMAZON RAINFOREST FIRES
WE LOST 2.3 MILLION ANIMALS IN THE AMAZON FIRE
FIRES IN THE AMAZON
WE LOSE 135 SPECIES OF LIFE EVERY DAY
WAYS YOU CAN HELP THE AMAZON RAINFOREST/OR THE RAINFORESTS
- Eat less meat.
- Don’t use palm oil.
- Replant forests that have been cut down.
Photo by Raphaël Menesclou
