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Rainforest Facts
You are allowed ten minutes research time. After this, share one fact (or more) with the class about the Amazon rainforest that you didn't know before. Credit your sources e.g. 'Found in wikipedia'
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A nickname for the amazon riveris"The river sea" on account of its size
read in a book
katharine blues
1 - 1 half acres of rai nforest are lost every secong due to developing and industail countries
Michael Smith
the amazon covers 2.5milion miles about the size of the USA west of the mississippi THOMAS HAGUE!!!!!!!
It recieves about nine feet of rain every year during rainy season causing the water level to rise 30 to 45 feet each year
The Amazon Is Home To The Kayapo Indians!!
Adam Bentley
The Amazon rainforest, world's largest remaining natural resource, represents 54% of the total rainforests left on Earth.
Caroline Reilly.
It rains for 130-250 days in the Amazon Rainforest during which time approximately 9ft of rain falls.
Orla McGowan.
One Fifth of the worlds fresh water is in the Amazon Basin.
Ciara Nugent :)
Website - http://www.rain-tree.com/facts.htm
The Amazon River dries up causing serious drought and devastation to fish-washed up and eaten by vulures.
Watch til 1 min 40!
Charissa McCormick! :)
More than 2,000 different species of butterflies are found in the rainforests of South America.
Olivia Carberry.
www.srl.catech.edu
They say a cure for most diseases can be found in the amazon rainforest if people looked!!!!!!!
Mat-s-
If Amazonas were a country, it would be the 9th largest on earth
Jennifer Wyllie :) xxx
An estimated number of 2,700 million acres of the rainforest are burned each year
amberali
Deforestation!
At the curent rate in 2 decades, the Amazon Rainforest will be reduced to 40%. The lowest figure since 1991.
Victoria-Anne Rattray
The Yanomani tribe is, currently, the largest tribe in the Amazon Rainforest.
Luke Mc Williams
Website: Amazon-Tribes
a nickname for the amazon rain forest is lungs of our plantet Grace !!!:)
About 20% of earth's oxygen is produced by the Amazon Rainforest !
http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/amazon.htm
Meysoun.
The amazon covers 2.5 million miles
www.ladatco.com
Mark Williams
One in five of all the birds in the world live in the Amazon .
Elysia Houston .
www.planetpixies.com
there were an estimated ten million Indians living in the Amazon Rainforest five centuries ago. today there are less than 200,000.
Liam Emm
the amazon rainforrest is also known as th amazon jungle.many tribes live in the Amazon
There were an estimated ten million Indians living in the Amazonian Rainforest five centuries ago. Today there are less than 200,000.
Dean Gilchrist
One in five of all the birds in the world live in the Amazon!
http://www.planetpixies.com/maia-tree-pixie/facts-about-amazon-rainforest
Hayley.
The Amazon covers over 1 billion acres
Jamie Smith
The amazon rainforest is the biggest rainforest on the globe. Also over half of the worlds living species live in the amazon.
JOHN JOE L
green peace uk
the amazon travels through 8 countries !!!!!!!
aleena hamid :D xx
www.ladatco.com
The amazon rainforest takes up 1/3 of Brazil
Massimo D
A foxglove flower commenly found in the Amazon can be used to treat heart problems.
Joe Houghton
website found by JJJ and Joe houghton
The Amazon rainforest has many different plants that can be used as herbal medicines for example the white trillium helps snake bites,childbirth and fevers.
JJJ
the rain forest takes up 6% of the earth's land surface.
jordan leroy
the anaconda, the largest snake in the world, is found in the Amazon
Mr O'D (wikipedia)
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