AMAZON RAINFOREST

CLIMATE

• Rain falls throughout the year, for a yearly
• average of between to 175 inches.
• Like any other tropical rainforest, it's hot and humid
• throughout the year, with an average annual
• temperature of 27°C (80.7°F).

WHAT'S GOING ON THERE

• Low levels of inherent variability
• Destruction of ecosystem
• Poor dispersion ability
• Pollution
• Requirement for large area

ALSO- MIGRATION OVER LONG DISTANCES

• Requirement for large area
• Hunting & fishing
• Population being concentrated
• Exotic species being introduced
• Global warming

LOCATION

• The Amazon rainforest is located in South America and covers 2.1
• million square miles of land. Brazil has 60%, Peru has 13%, and
• Columbia has 10% while other countries have very small parts of the rainforest within their bor
• -ders

LOCATION

FACTS

• The Amazon rainforest has existed for at least 55 million years.
• The Amazon rainforest is home to a very diverse range of species
• many of which are not found elsewhere in the world.
• The Amazon rainforest accounts for more than half of the entire world's remaining rainforests.
• The Amazon rainforest is also referred to as the ‘Lungs of the Planet' because it produces more than 20% of the world's oxygen.

VEGETATION

• The vegetation of the Amazon rainforest can be classified in to three groups
• according to their height and sun filtering
• In the Amazon excursions you can identify the three groups: ,
• the giant trees such as acacias
• intermediate species that are between 10 m and 40 m in height,

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AMAZON RIVER

ANDES AND ALTIPLANO

LOCATION

LOCATION

• are located in South America, r.
• unning north to south along the western coast of the continent
• Altiplano, is located not far southeast of Lake Titicaca, at the bottom of a spectacular chasm

COUNTRIES

• Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador,
• Peru, and Venezuela .

FACTS

• Mining activities are carried out in the mountain range, with iron, gold, silver, tin and
• Copper being the main production materials
• Andes Mountains make up the highest mountain range outside Asia.
• The Andes were the home of one of the greatest civilization .
• in the New World, the Inca Empire