Rainforests play an invaluable role in sustaining life, but every year large portions of them are cut down for logging, mining, and cattle ranches.
The Amazon is the world's largest rainforest. Commonly referred to as the lungs of our planet, this rainforest harbors the most diverse ecosystem in the world. Spanning across nine South American countries, the magnitude of such natural haven extends over 844 million hectares of land, of which...
Amazon Rainforest, large tropical rainforest occupying the Amazon basin in northern South America and covering an area of 2,300,000 square miles (6,000,000 square km). It is the world’s richest and most-varied biological reservoir, containing several mi
Amazon Rainforest Facts The Amazon rainforest is located in South America and covers 2.1 million square miles of land. Brazil has 60%, Peru has 13%, and Colombia has 10% while other countries have very small parts of the rainforest within their borders. Altogether there are nine nations tha...
Amazon Rainforest Facts The Amazon rainforest is at least 55 million years old. In earlier geological periods, part of the South American landmass drained into the Pacific Ocean but the formation of the Andes mountain range effectively dammed this flow resulting in a huge lake or inland sea cov...
Amazon Rainforest monkeys. The Active Wild Rainforest series continues with an in-depth look at the area's primates. Information, pictures & facts for kids.
The number of animals in the Amazon Rainforest is huge. It is estimated that the region is home toone tenthof all of the Earth's species. On this page you'll find information, pictures and facts about just some of the amazing animals that live in the world's biggest rainforest. ...
Amazon Rainforest, Brazil By lubasivia Wikimedia Commons This amazing part of the earth is home to a huge proportion of the wildlife and animals we know to exist on earth, and is one of the least explored places on the planet, due to the sheer size. We have listed the 15 most interes...
Welcome to Jungle Photos Amazon — Images of Life's Diversity!® Here you can see photos of the wildlife and people of the Amazon rainforest in tropical South America. Each photo has additional information with related links. Browse the site for pictures and facts on animals and plants, peo...
Facts about the Amazon Rainforest Climate Change The destruction of rainforest means that less carbon dioxide is cleared from the air and can be stored in the rainforest's fauna and less oxygen produced. This means the rainfall cycle is impacted as less water is released by the trees which ...