If Amazonia were a country, it would be the ninth largest in the world. The Amazon rainforest, the world’s greatest remaining natural resource, is the most powerful and bioactively diverse natural phenomenon on the planet. It has been described as the “lungs of our planet” because it provides the essential service of continuously recycling carbon dioxide into oxygen. It is estimated that more than 20 percent of Earth’s oxygen is produced in this area.
The Amazon covers more than 1.2 billion acres, representing two-fifths of the enormous South American continent, and is found in nine South American countries: Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia, Guyana, French Guiana, and Suriname. With 2.5 million square miles of rainforest, the Amazon rainforest represents 54 percent of the total rainforests left on Earth. Here is 10 facts about Amazon rainforest:
1. More than 20 % of the Amazon rain forest is disappearing because of people cutting down trees for ; furniture and paper.
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2. Lots of wildlife live in the Amazon rain forest such as ; Humming birds, Giant spiders, Snakes different species, tree frogs, monkeys, and much much more.
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3. The Amazon rain forest stretches over 1.4 billion acres of land.
- Amazon-Rainforest-map
4. The Amazon rain forest takes up 40 % of the Continent.
5. Many herbal medication is made from the plants in the Amazon rain forest.
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6. It is the largest rain forest in the world.
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