Amazon Basin

Brazilian Cerrado It is a vast tropical, and dry savanna ecoregion located in Brazil Mauritia flexuosa The Mauritia flexuosa are a type of palm tree native to Cerrado. Rhea americana The Rhea americana is a flightless bird, resembling an ostrich, found only in Cerrado. The biodiversity of the Cerrado is extremely rich, with at least 10,400 species of vascular plants and over 780 fish, 180 reptile, 110 amphibian, 830 bird, and 95 mammal species. It also has the richest variety of flora of…

food rank of food insecurity 36 with is very good they get there food from all around the world The biomes of the country There are two biomes in Brazil and they are the Amazon Rain Forest and the Savannah Amazon Rain Forest The Amazon Rain Forest covers about 60% of Brazil. Most of Brazilian wildlife is found in the Amazon Rain Forest and there are about 55,000 different types of plant species found. There are about 520 mammal species 1622 bird species, 468 reptile species and ranked fifth…

The United States Department of the Interior is responsible for the conservation and or management of the natural resources and most of the land. Within the Department of Interior is the bureau of Indian Affairs, it’s one of the oldest bureaus in the Department of Interior; they handle some of the federal affairs with Native Americans. Civil rights is what we have been fighting for since the beginning of time. Each step we have took in life has made baby steps to our new and improved future with…

South America is located under Mexico. There is a total of twelve countries located in South America. The population of South America is 427,328,290. South America is also the fourth largest continent in the world. The land area of South America is about 6,878,570 square miles or 12% of the world’s land area. The most frequently languages are Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, English, and French. Over 30% of South America is covered with rainforests. Peru is located in South America. Peru is…

The african elephant is located at african in the savanna there is a rainy season and dry season. the weather is it goes rainy and then it get’s hot. The abiotic that lives there is african wild dog, blackmamba, caracal, ,chacma, egyptian mongoose,roots grasses,fruit,and bark. Weighing up to 6000 kg 6.6 tons and measuring up to 3.3 m 10 ft. at the shoulder the African elephant is the world’s largest land mammal. It is characterized by its highly dexterous trunk, long curved tusks, and…

rainforest their home. The loss of these species homes, which toke sixty to hundred million years to evolve isn’t the only reason deforestation is a problem and a lot of them affect you too. Twenty percent of the world’s oxygen is produced in the amazon rain forest alone along with twenty-five percent of our medicines come from the rainforest. Which we have only discovered 1% of the plants there, image what diseases the other unexplored plants could possibly cure. Another thing I was unaware of…

Okapis are only found in the tropical forests of northern Zaire, also known as the Democratic Republic of congo. They live in the clearings and forest areas. In thick trees and underbrush, okapis rely on their hearing to keep from danger. The frequent river banks and stream bed. Occur in the dense rainforests at elevations with their range. ‘The okapi is a herbivorous animal meaning that it survives on a diet that is only comprised of plant matter’(A-Z Animals). They eat tree leaves, buds,…

The Amazon rainforest is the biggest in the world. It covers an astonishing 2.124 million square miles, originally it was a whole 4,100,000 kilometers. It is significantly smaller now because of the logging companies and farmers who took over much of the land. The tribes that have lived in the rainforest for generations past and the ones who will live there in the future, are severely affected by the deforestation and are slowly being squeezed out of their livelihoods. The loggers and farmers…

imperialism caused a loss of indigenous tribe’s culture and their people. Currently, Forests in Brazil are being cut down. The Kawahiva in Rio Pardo, Brazil are currently becoming history. The Kawahiva’s lifestyle consists of constantly moving within the Amazon Rainforest and using natural resources to function daily. With their lack of resources due to government and illegal logger the Kawahiva are becoming more afraid for their chance of survival. The Kawahiva’s chance of survival are not…

Tropical rainy climate is a climate that have a lot of rain forest. In rain forest many days is rainy. And most areas is wet. In areas that have a tropical wet climate, many days are rainy, often with afternoon thunderstorms. Rain forest are forests in which plenty of rain falls all year-round. In the united states, only the windward sides of the hawaiian islands have a tropical wet climate. Tropical wet and dry climate get slightly less rain than tropical climate and have distinct dry and rainy…