Amazon Rainforest!

HI AND TODAY WE WILL SHOW YOU THE AMAZON RAINFOREST!!!

 

SO FIRSTLY IN SCHOOL WE HAVE BEEN SET A CHALLENGE TO MAKE A BRAZILLIAN SCENE IN A BOX SO JENNIFER AND ALIX HAVE CHOSEN THE AMAZON RAINFOREST!!!

 

ALIX IS PLANNING ON MAKING HER'S A SKY VIEW LIKE THIS-

 

 

JENNIFER'S WILL BE A BIT DIFFERTENT!

 

NOW HERE ARE SOME RANDOM FACTS ABOUT THE AMAZON RAINFOREST-

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he Amazon rainforest is the largest tropical rainforest in the world, covering over five and a half a million square kilometres (1.4 billion acres).

Over half of the Amazon rainforest is located in Brazil but it is also located in other South American countries including Peru, Venezuela, Ecuador, Colombia, Guyana, Bolivia, Suriname and French Guiana.

10% of the world’s known species live in the Amazon rainforest.

20% of the world’s bird species live in the Amazon rainforest.

It is home to around 2 and a half million different insect species as well as over 40000 plant species.

There are also a number of dangerous species living in the Amazon rainforest such as the cougar, jaguar and anaconda

 

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