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AMAZON RAINFOREST World’s Largest Rainforest Looking to get away? Looking for an escape? Looking to most LikeLy die a poisonous death by human or reptiLe? Guinness Book of World Records: Call Restful Vacations: 206-555-0169 Located in Northern Brazil covering 2 MILLION square miles and enveloping Brazil, Peru, & Columbia Multiple landscapes ranging from the shrouded, Eden like inner forest, to the dry but grand openness of the Savannah 10% of World’s known species live in Amazon 20% of World’s bird species live in Amazon Extremely fertile soil Amazon river flows for 4,345 Miles VISIT TODAY!!!!!! There are many different activities to take part in around the Amazon. Among the most popular are the Jungle Trekking, riding boats, and exploring the beautiful Rio de Janeiro. Some environmental issues that come along with this breathtaking rainforest are deforestation. Most clearing is used for ranches for cattle pasture and small farmers clearing agriculture Works Cited - "Best Times To Visit Peru And The Amazon." Best Time to Visit Peru, Amazon River Cruises; Amazon Rainforest, Jungle. Aqua Expeditions, 20 Dec. 2009. Web. 16 Jan. 2015. - G, Michael. "Rainforest Biomes." Rainforest Biomes. Blue Planet Biomes, 26 Sept. 2001. Web. 15 Jan. 2015. - Schultz, Alarich R. "Physiography of the River Course." Encyclopedia Britannica Online. Encyclopedia Britannica, 3 Nov. 2014. Web. 16 Jan. 2015
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Page 1: VISIT TODAY!!!!!! AMAZON RAINFOREST · breathtaking rainforest are used for ranches for cattle pasture and small farmers clearing agriculture Works Cited - Amazon." Best Time to Visit

AMAZON RAINFOREST

World’s Largest Rainforest

Looking to get away?

Looking for an escape?

Looking to most LikeLy die a poisonous death by human

or reptiLe?

Guinness Book of World Records:

Call Restful Vacations:

206-555-0169

Located in Northern Brazil covering 2 MILLION square miles and enveloping Brazil,

Peru, & Columbia

Multiple landscapes ranging from the shrouded, Eden

like inner forest, to the dry but grand openness of the

Savannah

• 10% of World’s known species live in Amazon

• 20% of World’s bird species live in Amazon

• Extremely fertile soil • Amazon river flows for

4,345 Miles

VISIT TODAY!!!!!!

There are many different activities to take part in around the Amazon. Among the most popular are the Jungle Trekking, riding boats, and exploring the beautiful Rio de Janeiro.

Some environmental issues that come along with this breathtaking rainforest are deforestation. Most clearing is used for ranches for cattle pasture and small farmers clearing agriculture

Works Cited - "Best Times To Visit Peru And The

Amazon." Best Time to Visit Peru, Amazon River Cruises; Amazon Rainforest, Jungle. Aqua Expeditions, 20 Dec. 2009. Web. 16 Jan. 2015.

- G, Michael. "Rainforest Biomes." Rainforest Biomes. Blue Planet Biomes, 26 Sept. 2001. Web. 15 Jan. 2015.

- Schultz, Alarich R. "Physiography of the River Course." Encyclopedia Britannica Online. Encyclopedia Britannica, 3 Nov. 2014. Web. 16 Jan. 2015

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-Temperature in the Amazon rarely gets higher than 93 °F, or drops below 68 °F

-Below is graph of temp. (orange) in a year

Amazon weather divides into 2

seasons: Best time to visit?

High Water Season:

-Begins in Dec. and goes up to

May.

-Average temp. is higher than L.W.S (86 °F)

-Every way by water is navigable, meaning wildlife rich tours

-Areas to trek are less access.

Low Water Season:

-Begins in June and goes to Nov.

-Key diff. low vs. high is that jungle trails are access.

-Fewer mosquitoes

-Good fishing in L.W.S is 100% guaranteed

Best time= ANY TIME!

- 1% of sunlight makes it to the forest floor through canopy

-3,000 different types of fruit, all free, and all ripe for the taking!

-25% of all medicine originated in the rainforest

-El Dorado, and cure for eternal life rumored to lie within

Precipitation:

-Above is graph showing rainfall (left axis) in a given year.

-Average is 50-250 inches yearly…most rainfall occurring during High Water Season

Temperature: -Bark

-Lianas

-Drip Tips

-Buttresses

-Prop & Stilt Roots

-Epiphytes

-Bromeliads

-Mangroves

-Nepenthes

Mostly plants because of the enormous amount of vegetation


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