AMAZON RAINFOREST

• About 80% of the food we eat came from the rainforest
• Home to more than half of the world's plant and animal species
• The forest floor is almost completely dark because of the canopy
• There are around 3000 kinds of fruits in the rainforest, we only use about 200

COUNTRIES OF THE AMAZON

• Brazil, Peru, Venezuela, Ecuador,
• Colombia, Guyana, Bolivia,
• Suriname, and French Guiana
• Covers most of the amazon basin

CLIMATE AND VEGETATION

• Gets about 9 ft. of rain every year
• Tropical climate, hot and humid all year
• Average temp is about 80 degrees F
• Over 80,000 plant species

AMAZON RIVER

• The source of the Amazon River is Lago Villafro
• It is the second longest river in the World approx. 4000 M
• Because it is so vast, it is sometimes called The River Sea
• Anaconda snake is found in shallow waters in the Amazon Basin

COUNTRIES OF THE AMAZON RIVER

• Brazil
• Peru
• Colombia
• Runs through the amazon basin

CLIMATE AND VEGETATION

• Tropical climate, no dry season over 80" of rain every year
• Brazilian water ivy, red amazon sword, and stargrass grow here
• Floods once a year because if the snow melt in the Peruvian Andes

BRAZILIAN HIGHLANDS

• Almost two million sq. miles
• Shaped by mostly erosion
• Balsatic lava helped shape

LOCATION

CLIMATE AND VEGETATION

• Mostly tropical in the north
• Subtropical highland climate
• Atlantic mountain wetlands
• Atlantic mountain highlands