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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. Amazon Rain Forest. 60% in Brazil Col., Peru, Ven, Ecu, Bol, Guya., Sur, and Fr. Guiana. Where is it?. Basin formed 50 million years ago Brazilian Highlands and Guiana Highlands wore down

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Amazon Rain Forest

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  1. How big do you think the Rain Forest is? • 1.2 Billion acres • 1,875,000 Sq miles Amazon Rain Forest

  2. 60% in Brazil • Col., Peru, Ven, Ecu, Bol, Guya., Sur, and Fr. Guiana Where is it?

  3. Basin formed 50 million years ago • Brazilian Highlands and Guiana Highlands wore down • Left the Amazon River as a drain • Worlds Largest River Guiana Highlands BASIN Andes Mountains Brazilian Highlands

  4. 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.” Where does the name come from?

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. 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 Sunlight • Holds 1/5 for worlds fresh water Effects of Cutting down the RF

  8. ANDES Mountains

  9. World’s 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

  10. Along the Ring of Fire – Zone of Volcanic activity • Contains Many active volcanoes

  11. Climate varies • Why? • South = rainy and cool • Central = Dry • North= rainy and warm • Average temp in Col = 64 deg F

  12. 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

  13. 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.

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