AMAZON RAINFOREST

• Located in Brazil
• Peru
• Venezuela
• Ecuador
• Colombia

CLIMATE

• Hot and humid
• About 75 degrees at average
• More then 60,000 types of trees
• Over 40,000 different plant species
• 2.5 million insect species

FACTS

• Covers 2.1 million square miles
• Located in South America
• Brazil has 60% of rainforest land
• Peru has 13% of rainforest land
• Other countries have very small parts

THE AMAZON RIVER

• Flows through Peru,Bolivia,Venezuela,Columbia,and Brazil
• There are more than 3,000 species of fish.
• 4,000 miles long
• 2nd longest river(Nile River)

CLIMATE

• Has a warm,rainy and humid climate.
• There is rich soil and fertile land,with lots of plants
• It goes from the Andes Mountains to the Atlantic Ocean

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ANDES MOUNTAINS

• Located in the west coast of South America
• They are the longest Mountain range in the world
• They are 4,000 mile long
• The highest point is 22,834 miles in Argentina

CLIMATE

• To the west, the dry climate is dominated by the Atacama desert
• The eastern, part is also wet along with the southern
• Peru, Bolivia, Chile and Argentina

FACTS

• There are about 30,000 species of plants
• Home to the world'is tallest above sea level volcano
• It is 22,615 feet above sea level