Amazon Rainforest Research Paper

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The Amazon Rainforest is known to the largest River on the planet Earth. The Amazon Rainforest covers 40% of the South American continent and swivels its way through 8 countries; Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Columbia, Venezuela, Guyana and Suriname. The Amazon Rainforests consists of many different ecosystems and different vegetation types which include, rainforests, seasonal rainforests, deciduous rainforests, flooded forests and savannahs. The Amazon Rainforests also consists of the second biggest river (The Amazon River) following after the Nile River in North Africa. The river plays a massive part for the reproduction of the Rainforest and has done this for many years.

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