The amazon is truly an extreme place.
both the largest river and the largest
rain forest on earth are are in the amazon.
the amazon river starts in the andes
mountains in peru and flows about 6000
kilometers to the atlantic ocean. it is the
second longest river in the world. During the wet
season parts of the world. of the river grow to 190 km wide!
twenty percent of the fresh water in all the world's oceans comes from the amazon river.
now that's extreme!
The amazon river flows through the world's
largest rain forest. This rain forest has the highest
number of plants and animals on earth.
There are about 2.5 million kinds of insects and
3000 kinds of fish. one fifth of all
the birds in the world live in the amazon.Some
animals in the rain forest are dangerous,but
others are not.There are scary animals,like
the meat-eating piranha and the anaconda,one
of the largest snakes in the world.But there
are also gentle animals,like the sloth.The
Amazon is very important for the environment.
Many people are trying to save the plants and
animals is the Amazon.