amazon rain forest how big do you think the rain forest is? 1.2 billion acres ◦1,875,000 sq miles
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Amazon Rain ForestAmazon Rain Forest
How big do you think the Rain Forest is?
1.2 Billion acres◦1,875,000 Sq
miles
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Where is it? Where is it? 60% in Brazil
◦Col., Peru, Ven, Ecu, Bol, Guya., Sur, and Fr. Guiana
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Basin formed 50 million years agoBrazilian Highlands and Guiana Highlands wore
down◦ Left the Amazon River as a drain
Worlds Largest RiverGuiana Highlands
Brazilian Highlands
Andes Mountains
BASIN
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Where does the name come from? Where does the name come from? ◦Francisco de
Orellana (Spanish conquistador, first European) ran into a tribe of
fierce women warriors
"doing as much fighting as ten Indian men."
◦Orellana recalled the Greek myth of warrior women and named the entire river "Amazonas.”
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Canopy- dense mass of leaves at the tops of rain forest trees that provides habitat and shade◦Most animal life lives in the canopy◦Tree frogs, salamanders, monkeys, swarms of
insects, and about 1,400 species of birds
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More types of butterflies than anywhere in the world
Worlds largest rodent: capybaraThere is a lucrative illegal wildlife tradeSmugglers look for monkeys, parrots, lizards,
and exotic bugs◦parrot = $10,000 monkey = $50,000
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Effects of Cutting down the RFEffects of Cutting down the RF
Bad for the whole planet = 1/3 of the world’s oxygen comes from rainforests◦Photosynthesis- process of plants creating food
from CO2, H2O, and SunlightHolds 1/5 for worlds fresh water
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ANDES MountainsANDES Mountains
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World’s larges continental mountain range
Western Coast of S.AOver 4,500 miles long
◦120-430 miles wide
Average Height of 13.000 ft◦Highest Peak: Aconcagua
Seven Countries: Arg, Bol, Chi, Col, Ecu, Per, Ven
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Along the Ring of Fire – Zone of Volcanic activity
Contains Many active volcanoes
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Climate varies◦Why?
South = rainy and coolCentral = DryNorth= rainy and warm
◦Average temp in Col = 64 deg F
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Tobacco and Potatoes originated in AndesPolylepis – High altitude forests and
woodlands found in Andes◦Trees only found around 15,000 ft above sea
level
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Incas practiced irrigation 6.000 years ago◦Terracing is quite common
Potatoes and Maize important = staple food source
Tobacco, coffee, and cotton leading export crops
Coca important for legal local use in “mildly simulating” herbal teas.