Climate Characteristics of the Amazon Rain Forest

The Amazon Rain Forest is located in the Amazon Plain of South America and covers an area of 5.5 million square kilometers. The rainforest crosses nine countries: Brazil (accounting for 60% of the forest area), Colombia, Peru, Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia, Guyana, Suriname, and France (French Guiana), occupying half of the world's rainforest area, accounting for 20% of the global forest area, is the world's largest and the most species of tropical rainforest. The Amazon rainforest is known as the "lungs of the earth" and the "green heart".

The lungs of the earth--Amazon rainforest

Amazon rainforest, the world's largest forest, dense forests, plant and animal species, there are "the world's animal and plant kingdom" said.

The rainforest appears in the tropics, close to the equator. Abundant rainfall makes the forest grow especially lush. Most of the rainforests of the Amazon Basin are located in Brazil. The abundant rainfall here, combined with the melting of ice in the Andes Mountains, brings large amounts of running water, which floods the forests for much of the year. The rainforest is hot and humid almost year-round, with daytime temperatures of about 33°C and nighttime temperatures of about 23°C. The Amazon rainforest is the largest rainforest in the world, at 7 million square kilometers. It extends from the lower slopes of the Andes to the Atlantic coast of Brazil. The Amazon rainforest is vital to the health of the world and all living things that exist in it. This forest has a great influence on the world's climate, as the trees absorb carbon dioxide, a gas whose presence in large quantities warms the planet to the point where the polar ice caps melt and cause flooding. The trees also produce oxygen, which is essential for the life of humans and all animals. The Amazon rainforest produces one tenth of the world's oxygen and is known as the "lungs of the earth". This forest area contains 45% of the world's total timber reserves, storing 800 million cubic meters of timber with an economic value of more than $700 billion. Biological species account for one fifth of the world's total, with half of the world's plant species and half of the world's birds, and freshwater resources account for 18% of the world's total. There are more than 2,000 kinds of freshwater fish in the river, which is a very precious treasure trove of biological resources for human beings. The wildlife of the Amazonian plains is very diverse and abundant. at the end of the 9th century, according to the statistics of a British naturalist, *** there were 14,712 species of animals, of which more than 8,000 were not yet known, and now the known animals and birds exceeded 100,000 species, and there may be millions of other species just waiting to be discovered. In an area of the Amazon rainforest equivalent to the size of 8 to 10 houses and gardens, about 60 different species of trees grow. This is 15 times the number of tree species that can be found in the same area of forest in Europe or North America. The Amazon ecoregion, which covers 60% of the Brazilian territory, has a forest area of 4 million square kilometers, of which 65% is rainforest. Thus, the impact of the Amazon Basin on the global climate and ecosystem is pivotal.