Facts About the Amazon Rainforest ... 1. The name 'Amazon' was given by Spanish explorer Francisco Orellana, after he was attacked when exploring the region by ...

Jan 4, 2024 · 1. Lungs of the Earth. The Amazon Rainforest is responsible for 20% of the oxygen produced on land via photosynthesis, which is why it is often ...

Aug 21, 2023 · 1. The Amazon rainforest covers an enormous 6.7 million square kilometres · 2. The Amazon is thought to be home to 10% of known species on earth.

1. The Amazon is the world's largest tropical rainforest. Covering over 5.5 million square kilometres, it's so big that the UK and Ireland would fit into it 17 ...

Feb 25, 2022 · The Amazon is the world's biggest rainforest, larger than the next two largest rainforests — in the Congo Basin and Indonesia — combined. At 6.9 ...

The Amazon rainforest is home to a whopping 10% of all known species in the world, including around 180 species of reptiles, 262 amphibian species, 293 types of ...

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Posted: Apr 30, 2022

Amazon rainforest plants are numerous and diverse. Some 16,000 tree species grow in the Amazon, making it a vast mosaic of 390 billion individual trees.

1. The Amazon is the world's largest rainforest – roughly the size of the continental United States. 2. The Amazon influences rainfall patterns as far ...