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Amazon River & Rainforest

Published on Nov 25, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

The Amazon River

BY KAYLEE&TOSHIARA
Photo by tim ellis

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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Photo by Bruno Girin

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.
Photo by danceinthesky

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

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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
Photo by CIFOR

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,
Photo by Fredlyfish4