SAVE THE RAINFOREST

LAYERS OF THE RAINFOREST

• There are four different layers of the Amazon Rainforest
• The layers include the emergent layer, the canopy layer, the understory layer, and the forest floor

THE EMERGENT LAYER

• It is the highest layer so it gets 100% of sunlight
• The trees have waxy leaves so they can stay moist
• The emergent layer is 130-250ft off the ground

THE CANOPY LAYER

• It’s the second highest layer so it gets 95% of the sunlight
• The upper leaves in the canopy layer are also waxy so they can stay moist
• The canopy layer is 60-130ft off the ground

THE UNDERSTORY LAYER

• It is the third highest layer so it only gets 2-15% of the sunlight
• Leaves in the understory layer are big so they don’t get much sunlight
• The understory layer is about 60ft off the ground

THE FOREST FLOOR

• This is the lowest layer so it only gets 2% of the sunlight
• Leaves decay fast because of the lack of sunlight
• The forest floor is ground level

ANIMALS AND VEGETATION

THE EMERGENT LAYER ANIMALS & PLANTS

• An animal in the emergent layer is sloths
• Sloths live there because they are slow and they would be eaten in any other layer
• A type of plant in the emergent layer is a tualang
• The tualang is best known for its disk shaped honey combs which hang from branches

THE CANOPY ANIMALS & VEGETATION

• A type of animal in the canopy layer is a Harpy Eagle
• The Harpy Eagle eats sloths, monkeys, and they prefer large areas of space
• A type of canopy plant is a strangler fig
• The fig is food to many animals they also grow on the side of trees

THE UNDERSTORY ANIMALS & VEGETATION

• A type of understory animal is a ant shrike
• It eats insects on the forest floor
• An understory plant is a acacia tree
• It produces little buds and feeds some animals

THE FOREST FLOOR ANIMALS & VEGETATION

• A forest floor insect is a army ant
• They can travel 65ft per hour
• They can eat almost anything
• There are very few plants on the forest floor

THE AMAZON RIVER

THE AMAZON RIVER

• The Amazon River is located in South America
• It runs through Guyana, Ecuador, Venezuela, Bolivia, Brazil, Peru, and Colombia
• The length of the Amazon River is approximately 6400 kilometers (4000)miles
• During the wet season the Amazon River can reach over 190 kilometers (120)miles in width
• There are over 3000 known species of fish that live in the Amazon River with more constantly being discovered

MORE ABOUT THE AMAZON RIVER

• The Amazon River is the second largest river behind the Nile
• The Amazon River surrounds the whole Amazon Rainforest
• The Amazon River has river dolphins

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