* Continent:South America

* Spreads throughout 8 countries

*Countries: Brazil,Bolivia,Peru,Ecuador,Colombia,Venezuela,Guyana and Suriname

* Largest river in the world

* Largest rain forest in the world

* It is 6.9 million square kilometers(2.7 million square miles)

* Covers 40% of South America

* Known for it's tropical climate (because it is located on the equator)

* It is hot and humid(like other rain forests) throughout the year

* annual temperature of 27 degrees Celsius(80.7 degrees Fahrenheit)

* There are not that many seasonal changes

* Home to 427 different species of mammals, 1,300 bird species, 378 species of reptilians, and more than 400 species of amphibians

* Mammals: jaguar, three- toed sloth, and river dolphin

* Birds: macaw

* Amphibians: glass frog and the poison dart frog

* Reptiles: anaconda and the Jesus lizard

* Home to nearly 40,000 plant species

* Many of the Amazon's trees are economically important- used as food, oil, and medicine.

* Continent-Africa

* Spreads throughout 6 countries

* Countries-Cameron,Central Africa Republic,Democratic Republic of the Congo,Republic of Congo,Equatorial Guinea and Gabon

* The Congo river basin is the second largest river basin in the world.
* It has an area of 1.3 million square miles(3.4 million km)

* The Congo Rain forest is warm and humid because it is on the equator.
* The two main seasons are: a dry season with slightly less rain and one long rainy season.
* All rain forests are important to the world because they produce 30% of the world's oxygen.
* It rains about 117 days per year.
* It also has a total of approximately 1,766 mm of rainfall per year.
* "Temperatures range between 20° and 27° C".

Some of the mammals in the Congo Rain forest are forest elephants, chimpanzees, bonobos, and lowland and mountain gorillas.There are 400 other species of mammals,1,000 species of birds and 700 species of fish.

* Approximately 10, 000 species of tropical plants are in the Congo Basin

* 30% are unique to the region

* 69 plant species are threatened

* biochemicals are extracted and are used for synthesis drugs

* tropical rain forests

* endangered species

* animals and plants suffer from deforestation (lost of habitat)

* illegal poaching

* tropical rain forests

* endangered species

* animals and plants suffer from deforestation (lost of habitat)

* illegal poaching

* The Amazon rain forest is the largest rain forest; the Congo, coming after in 2nd

* where they are located

* different species that are native to the region

CITATIONS
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http://pmdvod.nationalgeographic.com/NG_Video/742/275/140715-baby-sloth-orp...

http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/content/dam/kids/photos/animals/Reptiles...

http://amazinglist.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Glass-Frog.jpg

http://www.macaw-parrot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Hyacinth-Macaw-Parro...

http://www.facts-about.info/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Amazon-River-Dolphin...

http://www.macaw-parrot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Hyacinth-Macaw-Parro...
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*http://www.hispanicallyspeakingnews.com/uploads/images/normal-images/Amazon...


http://thecongorainforest.weebly.com/environment.html

http://www.worldwildlife.org/places/congo-basin

* http://www.trbimg.com/img-559f2dd7/turbine/la-fg-brazil-deforestation-pg-00...

*http://d2ouvy59p0dg6k.cloudfront.net/img/congo_deforestation_wwf_477909.jpg

*http://a2.format-assets.com/image/private/s--CO8FuAzz--/c_limit,g_center,h_...

*https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c9/Chiang_mai_province_roa...

*http://www.greenpeace.org/africa/ReSizes/Large/Global/africa/image/Forests/...

*https://62e528761d0685343e1c-f3d1b99a743ffa4142d9d7f1978d9686.ssl.cf2.rackc...

*https://i.vimeocdn.com/video/508392225.jpg?mw=1920&mh=1080&q=70