TROPICAL RAINFORESTS IN THE AMAZON BASIN

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TROPICAL
RAINFORESTS
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AMAZON
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River in the Brazilian Amazon Rainforest
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WHAT ARE RAINFORESTS?
Tropical rainforests are forests with tall
trees, warm climate, and lots of rain. In some
rainforests it rains more than one inch every
day! Rainforests are found in Africa,Asia,Australi
a and Central and South America.The largest
rainforest in the world is the Amazon rainforest
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WHY ARE RAINFORESTS IMPORTANT?

• Rainforests are important to the global
  ecosystem. Rainforests
• provide a home to many plants and animals
• help stabilize the world's climate
• protect against flood, drought, and erosion
• are a source for medicines and foods
• support tribal people and
• are an interesting place to visit

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AMAZONTHE WORLDS LARGEST RAINFOREST
The Amazon River Basin is home to the largest
rainforest on Earth. The basin -- roughly the
size of the forty-eight contiguous United States
-- covers some 40 of the South American
continent and includes parts of eight South
American countries Brazil,Bolivia,Peru,Ecuador,Co
lombia,Venezuela, Guyana and Suriname.
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How large is the Amazon rainforest?
In Brazil, the Amazon covers surface area of
4,005,082 square kilometers. In total, the Amazon
River drains about 6,915,000 square kilometers
(2,722,000 square miles), or roughly 40 percent
of South America.
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Amazon Rainforest
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LOCATION OF AMAZON RAINFOREST
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River in the Amazon Rainforest


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WILDLIFE IN THE AMAZON RAINFOREST
The region is home to about 2.5 million insect
species, tens of thousands of plants, and some
2000 birds and mammals. To date, at least 40,000
plant species, 3,000 fish, 1,294 birds, 427
mammals, 427 amphibians, and 378 reptiles have
been scientifically classified in the region .
Scientists have described between 96,660 and
128,843 invertebrate species in Brazil alone
. The diversity of plant species is the highest
on earth with some experts estimating that one
square kilometre may contain over 75,000 types of
trees and 150,000 species of higher plants. One
square kilometre of Amazon rainforest can contain
about 90,790 tons of living plants. This
constitutes the largest collection of living
plants and animal species in the world. One in
five of all the birds in the world live in the
rainforests of the Amazon. To date, an estimated
438,000 species of plants of economic and social
interest have been registered in the region with
many more remaining to be discovered or
catalogued .
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WILDLIFE IN THE AMAZON RAINFOREST


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THE AMAZON RIVER FLOWING THROUGH THE RAINFOREST
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AMAZON RAINFOREST
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AMAZON RAINFOREST
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GEOGRAPHY AND CLIMATE 
Tropical rainforests lie in the tropics",
between the Tropic of Capricorn and Tropic of
Cancer. In this region sunlight strikes Earth at
roughly a 90-degree angle resulting in intense
solar energy .This intensity is due to the
consistent day length on the equator 12 hours a
day, 365 days per year (regions away from the
equator have days of varying length). This
consistent sunlight provides the essential energy
necessary to power the forest via photosynthesis.
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WHY ARE RAINFORESTS BEING DESTROYED?

• E Every year an area of rainforest is cut down
  and destroyed. The plants and animals that used
  to live in these forests either die or must find
  a new forest to call their home.
• Why are rainforests being destroyed? Humans
  are the main cause of rainforest destruction or
  deforestation. Humans are cutting down
  rainforests for many reasons, including
•         Wood for both timber and wood for making
  fires
•         Agriculture for both small and large
  farms
•         Land for poor farmers who don't have
  anywhere else to live
•         Grazing land for cattle and
•         Road construction

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RAINFOREST DEFORESTATION

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HOW CAN WE SAVE RAINFORESTS?

• Rainforests are disappearing very quickly. There
  are a lot of people who want to save rainforests
  but saving rainforests is not going to be easy.
  It will take the efforts of many people working
  together in order to ensure rainforests and their
  wildlife Some steps for saving rainforests and,
  on a broader scale, ecosystems around the world
  is to focus on "TREES"
• Teach others about the importance of the
  environment and how they can help save
  rainforests.
• Restore damaged ecosystems by planting trees on
  land where forests have been cut down.
• Live in a way that doesn't hurt the environment
• Establish parks to protect rainforests and
  wildlife
• Support companies that operate in ways that
  minimize damage to the environment

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This project was assigned to me by
Bhagyam Maam.I thank her for giving me this
project. Made by
Smriti Srivastava
VII-B