The amazon rain forest is the largest rain forest in the world. More than half of all the forest left on earth are there. The area covers about two thirds of the south American continent. It covers parts of nine different countries, including brazill, Colombia, and peru. This big forest makes up to 20% of the world's oxygen for us to breathe
The amazon rain forest is a place of giant things. The jaguar-the biggest of the american big cats-and the largest otter live in the amazon. The mighty amazon river runs through the forest, it is the largest river on earth. the water from the river help millins of kinds of plants and animals to live and grow. Many of these animals and plant are endangered.
The central amazon conservation complex lies between two big river in south America-the amazon river and the rio negro (black river). it covers over 60,000 square kilometers (6 million hectares) of the amazon rain forest. People cannot cut down trees or kill animals in the complex, so the plant and the animals that live there are safe.