Hi everyone,
This is our newest eco system mini series. Today, we are talking about the
Amazon Rainforest.
There will be no schedule to these posts because we've found we're not very
good at keeping to them! However, we will try to post these fairly
regularly!
The Amazon is a fascinating ecosystem and one we are very excited to explore
further and hopefully share lots of facts and interesting information
about this amazing rainforest.
The Amazon covers an area of 7 000 000 km2. 5 500 000 km2 of that
is covered in rainforest. The rest is part of the basin. It stretches over 9
countries. The rainforest is named after the river, the Amazon, which flows
from southwestern Peru into the Atlantic Ocean on the north-eastern coast of
Brazil. 6 840 km long, the Amazon river is the second longest river in the
world.
Around 400-500 indigenous tribes live in the forest. 50 of those are believed
to have never had contact to the outside world!
Numbers
40 000 plant species …
1 300 bird species …
3 000 fish species …
430 mammals species …
2 500 000 insect species …
… live in the Amazon.
The ecosystem of the Amazon rainforest is complex and incredible. This first
post was a small overview. In the next one, we'll explore the ecosystem and
the various food chains of the Amazon!
We'll be back soon but in the meantime, keep looking after this beautiful
world! :)
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