101 Facts about the Amazon Rainforest

 Amazon Rainforest Facts

The Amazon Rainforest is the world's largest tropical rainforest, covering an area of 6.7 million square miles.

The Amazon Rainforest is located in South America and covers most of Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, and Bolivia.

The Amazon River flows through this rainforest and empties into the Atlantic Ocean.

The forest has been called "the world's lungs" because it produces 20% of our oxygen. The Amazon rainforest also stores large amounts of carbon dioxide which helps to reduce global warming.

It contains more than 1 billion trees!

It is home to more than 3 million species of plants and animals - that's more than one-third of all known species on Earth! The rainforest also has more than 1.5 million indigenous people who depend on it for food and livelihood.

In fact, the forest is so important that scientists say we should be calling it a "mega-diverse" ecosystem instead of a "rainforest". It's also one of the most carbon-rich places on Earth; with one hectare (2.47 acres) containing more carbon than an entire year’s worth of emissions from cars in Europe!

This means that if we were able to protect our forests and reduce deforestation rates by 50%, we could sequester even more carbon dioxide from our atmosphere than what was released when we burned fossil fuels in the first place!

There are also around 100 different indigenous tribes who have lived in this region for thousands of years. They practice slash-and-burn agriculture which means that they clear parts of their land by burning it and then wait for new growth before clearing it again. This process allows them to grow more crops than if they just left everything untouched all year round but also causes damage to the forest because trees need time between fires in order to grow back properly.

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