Amazon Rain Forest

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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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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 ago
• Brazilian Highlands and Guiana Highlands wore
  down
• Left the Amazon River as a drain
• Worlds Largest River

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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 capybara
• There is a lucrative illegal wildlife trade
• Smugglers look for monkeys, parrots, lizards, and
  exotic bugs
• parrot 10,000 monkey 50,000

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Effects of Cutting down the RF

• Bad for the whole planet 1/3 of the worlds
  oxygen comes from rainforests
• Photosynthesis- process of plants creating food
  from CO2, H2O, and Sunlight
• Holds 1/5 for worlds fresh water

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ANDES Mountains
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• Worlds larges continental mountain range
• Western Coast of S.A
• Over 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 cool
• Central Dry
• North rainy and warm
• Average temp in Col 64 deg F

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• Tobacco and Potatoes originated in Andes
• Polylepis 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.