SOUTH AMERICA PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY

AMAZON RAINFOREST

AMOZON RAINFOREST

• Over half the amazon rainforest is in Brazil
• Brazil, Peru, Venezuela,Ecuador, Bolivia, Guyana,Surinam, and French guinina are parts of the amazon rain forest
• It has a tropical climate which keeps 40,000 plants healthy amazon is the largest rainforest in the world
• Amazon is the largest rainforest in the world
• 2/3 of the worlds plant species can be found there

THIS IS IN THE AMAZON RAINFOREST

ATACAMA DESERT

ATACOMA DESERT

• The atacoma desert is located in chile
• It's plant life are small variety of algae,linches,and cactus
• Some river beds have been dry over 12,000 years
• It's the driest desert in the world.
• It's located in northern chile

THIS IS THE ATACAMA DESERT

AMAZON RIVER

AMAZON RIVER

• The source of the Amazon River is Lago Villafro in the Andes Mountains, Peru.
• The Amazon River is a path of transportation for people and produce with transport like dugout canoes to hand-built wooden rivercraft.
• It surrounds the Amazon Rainforest and covers territory belonging to nine nations, Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia, Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana.
• There are extensive forested areas that become flooded every rainy season.
• It is the second longest river in the World and is 6400 kilometres.

A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THE AMAZON FROM THE AIR