| ~*~AMAZON~*~ | |
| ~BY~: *Chelsea And Emily!* | |
| ~*~SOUTH AMERICA~*~ | |
| South America has over 10 countries. South America has over 10 rivers and about 5 of them are major. Lake titicaca is over 100 miles long. Another leeding lake is lake Maracaibo.South America has 5 or the biggest lakes in the world. There are verious difforent types o f climet in South America to such as:pampa, altiplano, and patagonia and many more. The Amazon is the biggest river in the world. It flowes threw Bolivia,Brazil, and it just barly goes into Peru. And the Amazon basion is 2.5 Suare milesThe averege rain fall is 4ft a year and the cause of flooding is by snowmelt and rain fall. 20% of the oxigeyn in the world is caused bythe Amazon 1/3 of all the animals that live in the amzazon There is no accurate account of all the animals and plants living in this area of the world, although we ware constantly identifying new species. The Amazon Rain Forest covers 25 percent of South America and portions of it are in nine different countries. | |
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Amazon rainforest is a dence forest that receves at
least 100 inches of rain a year. The amazon is a
rich in plant and animal life and new animals are
discoverd everyday! But the rain forest is
disapering it once was covered by 2.7 miles.square
miles. more then 12% of the rain forest has been
cut down for farming, mining, and grazing. 45% of
the South America is made by rain forest. The
Scarlet macaw are the largest of the Neotropical
parrots! it lays they lay 2-4 eggs
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http://www.animalsoftherainforest.org/frames.htm