Amazon+Jungle

As they entered the rain forest, it was amazing!!! tall trees everywere over 20 storys high! rhianna always had a book about rainforests because she loved them so she got out a book from her back pack and read about it. The info she found was amazing so she will read it to you:
 * The Amazon: The World's Largest Rainforest**

The Amazon River Basin is home to the largest rainforest on Earth. covers some 40% of the South American continent and includes parts of eight South American countries: Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, and Suriname.



Reflecting environmental conditions as well as past human influence, the Amazon is made up of a mosaic of ecosystems and vegetation types including rainforests, seasonal forests, deciduous forests, flooded forests, and savannas. It has the second longest river in the world after the Nile.The river system is the lifeline of the forest and its history plays an important part in the development of its rainforests.


 * THE AMAZON RIVER TODAY**

Today the Amazon River eleven times the volume of the Mississippi, and drains an area equivalent in size to the United States. During the high water season, the river's mouth may be 300 miles wide and every day up to 500 billion cubic feet of water flow into the Atlantic. For reference, the Amazon's daily freshwater discharge into the Atlantic is enough to supply New York City's freshwater needs for nine years. The force of the current -- from sheer water volume alone -- causes Amazon River water to continue flowing 125 miles out to sea before mixing with Atlantic salt water. Early sailors could drink freshwater out of the ocean before sighting the South American continent.
 * How large is the Amazon rainforest?** In Brazil, the Amazon covers surface area of 4,005,082 square kilometers. In total, the Amazon River drains about 6,915,000 square kilometers (2,722,000 square miles), or roughly 40 percent of South America. For comparison, the land area of the United States (including Alaska and Hawaii) is 9,629,091 square kilometers.
 * How large is the Amazon rainforest?** In Brazil, the Amazon covers surface area of 4,005,082 square kilometers. In total, the Amazon River drains about 6,915,000 square kilometers (2,722,000 square miles), or roughly 40 percent of South America. For comparison, the land area of the United States (including Alaska and Hawaii) is 9,629,091 square kilometers.

The river current carries tons of suspended sediment all the way from the Andes and gives the river a characteristic muddy whitewater appearance. It is calculated that 106 million cubic feet of suspended sediment are swept into the ocean each day. The result from the silt deposited at the mouth of the Amazon is Majaro island, a river island about the size of Switzerland. They had to run away out of a forest because a jaguar was chasing them. After an exciting day they took a flight back to australia. (To start again go to home)