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The Amazon rainforest, [a] also called Amazon jungle or Amazonia, is a moist broadleaf tropical rainforest in the Amazon biome that covers most of the Amazon basin of South America. This basin encompasses 7,000,000 km 2 (2,700,000 sq mi), [ 2 ] of which 6,000,000 km 2 (2,300,000 sq mi) are covered by the rainforest . [ 3 ]
Yacumama (from Quechua yaku "water" and mama "mother") "The Yacumama, also known as the "Mother of Water," is an enormous serpent believed to inhabit the Amazon Rainforest. According to legend, it is considered the mother of all aquatic animals and would suck up any living thing that passed within 100 steps of it.
The titan beetle is native to tropical rainforests throughout South America, including Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, the Guianas, and north-central Brazil.While the Titan Beetle is most generally associated with the Amazon Rainforest, it may also be found in other parts of South America if ecological conditions are favorable.
The museum on the Adolpho Ducke Forest Reserve, which the White House says is "one of the most important research sites in the Amazon," has partnerships with many U.S. institutions.
The Amazon rainforest is a species-rich biome in which thousands of species live, including animals found nowhere else in the world. To date, there is at least 40,000 different kinds of plants, 427 kinds of mammals, 1,300 kinds of birds, 378 kinds of reptiles, more than 400 kinds of amphibians, and around 3,000 freshwater fish are living in Amazon.
WWF’s biennial Living Planet report said the world’s largest rainforest has been ravaged by deforestation, extreme drought and catastrophic wildfires to such an extent that the ecosystem could ...
Nearly 40% of the areas of the Amazon rainforest most critical to curbing climate change have not been granted special government protection, as either nature or indigenous reserves, according to ...
The accompanying book, Andes to Amazon: A Guide to Wild South America by Michael Bright, was published by BBC Books on 2 November 2000 in a hardcover edition (ISBN 0-563-53705-1) and on 4 April 2002 in a paperback edition (ISBN 0-563-53495-8). On 20 November 2000 a CD was released with a compilation of the incidental music in Andes to Amazon.