Amazon Rainforest | Plants, Animals, Climate, & Deforestation
2024年11月18日 · Amazon Rainforest, large tropical rainforest occupying the Amazon basin in northern South America and covering an area of 2,300,000 square miles (6,000,000 square km). It is the world’s richest and most-varied biological reservoir, containing several million species.
Amazon rainforest - Wikipedia
The Amazon represents over half of the total area of remaining rainforests on Earth, [4] and comprises the largest and most biodiverse tract of tropical rainforest in the world, with an estimated 390 billion individual trees in about 16,000 species. [5]
The Ecosystem Of The Amazon Rainforest - Sciencing
2021年9月30日 · The Amazon is a tropical rainforest ecosystem that encompasses the vast Amazon River drainage basin. The Amazon ecosystem covers eight countries, is approximately the size of the lower 48 United States and represents the largest continuous tract of tropical rainforest in the world.
The Amazon in crisis: Forest loss threatens the region and the …
2022年11月8日 · Forests: Without its forests, the Amazon region would lose its biodiversity, release massive amounts of carbon, suffer soil erosion, and face hydrological and climatic devastation. Without its ecosystem services, local communities and people around the world would face a loss of livelihoods, well-being, and ecological stability.
Biodiversity and the Amazon Rainforest - Greenpeace USA
2020年5月22日 · As an ecosystem, the Amazon is one of the most biodiverse places on earth. Over 3 million species live in the rainforest, and over 2,500 tree species (or one-third of all tropical trees that exist on earth) help to create and sustain this vibrant ecosystem.
The Amazon Rainforest - WorldRainforests.com
2024年4月4日 · The Amazon is the world's biggest rainforest, larger than the next two largest rainforests — in the Congo Basin and Indonesia — combined. As of 2020, the Amazon has 526 million hectares of primary forest, which accounts for nearly 84% of the region's 629 million hectares of total tree cover.
"We are killing this ecosystem": the scientists tracking the Amazon…
In the southeastern Amazon, the forest has become a source of CO 2. The finding gained headlines around the world and surprised many scientists, who expected the Amazon to be a much...
THE AMAZON BIOME
Ecosystems of the Amazon. The Amazon basin is made up of a mosaic of ecosystems and vegetation types that include rainforests, seasonal forests, deciduous forests, flooded forests, bamboo stands, palm forests, savannas, dry forests, and cloud forests.
Why is the Amazon rainforest important? - WWF
The Amazon rainforest has long been recognized as a repository of ecological services not only for local tribes and communities, but also for the rest of the world. It is also the only rainforest that we have left in terms of size and diversity.
About the Amazon | WWF
Not only does the Amazon encompass the single largest remaining tropical rainforest in the world, it also houses at least 10% of the world’s known biodiversity, including endemic and endangered flora and fauna, and its river accounts for 15-16% of …