The Amazon forest is the largest forest in the world in terms of living things and size. The Amazon forest is in South America. It is considered to be the largest rainforest in the world. Its size is approximately 6.9 million square kilometres.
Biodiversity : The western valley of the Amazon River is the most biodiversified. In one hectare of the Amazon there are between forty and one' hundred different types of plants.
The number of recorded plant species in the Amazon forest is about eighty-thousand.
Besides the Nile River, the Amazon River is known as the longest river in the world. Fifty-five million gallons per second flow from the Amazon River into the Atlantic Ocean. The Amazon rainforest is home to two-thirds of all plant species recorded today.
The creatures which live there : About 5,600 species of fish and 1,400 species of butterflies live in the Amazon. There are many dangerous creatures among the Amazon wildlife.
Rights to the Amazon Forest : The Amazon forest belongs to the continent of South America. This forest primarily belongs to Brazil. In addition, the Amazon forest belongs to Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname and French Guinea.
Jithum Nimtharu
Grade 6A, Asoka Vidyalaya, Colombo 10