The Amazon River

MAIN FACTS

• It runs through Guyana, Ecuador, Venezuela, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia and Peru.
• The length is approximately 4000 miles.
• It can reach over 120 miles in width.
• Manaus is one of the largest cities along the amazon river.

MORE FACTS

• Piranhas and Anacondas are two dangerous animals living near or in the Amazon river
• It flows from the Andes to the Atlantic Ocean.
• It has tons of tributaries.
• It supports literally thousands, of fish,and other form of life.

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ANDES

NAME,AND LENGTH

• Most say it domes from the word Quananti anti meaning "high crest"
• It is one of the world's longest mountain range
• It is 4,000 miles.
• western coast of South America.

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• North,rainy warm.
• West,dry desert
• Has one of the worlds largest volcanoes, Ojos del salandoddx

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• Incas settled early in the Peruvian Andes in the 15th century
• running north to south along the western coast of the continent.
• 10º North latitude to 55º South
• There are many different plants and animals because of the changes in climate and varying distance to the equator

AMAZON RAINFOREST

CLIMATE

• Amazon rainforest is a broadleaf forest
• It has many different animals and plants,many species still not discovered
• It is usually hot or humid in most of the rainforest

WHERE

• It is 1.4 billion acres
• It is located in Peru, Venezuela, Ecuador, Colombia, Guyana, Bolivia, Suriname and French Guiana.
• Flows into the Atlantic Ocean,