Amazon Rainforest

-Welcome to Amazon Rainforest-

The Amazon rainforest (Brazilian Portuguese: Floresta Amazônica or Amazônia; Spanish: Selva Amazónica or Amazonia), also known as Amazonia, or the Amazon jungle, is a moist broadleaf forest that covers most of the Amazon Basin of South America. This basin encompasses seven million square kilometers (1.7 billion acres), of which five and a half million square kilometers (1.4 billion acres) are covered by the rainforest. This region includes territory belonging to nine nations. The majority of the forest is contained within Brazil, with 60% of the rainforest, followed by Peru with 13%, and with minor amounts in Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia, Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana.

-Exotic birds-

Parrots are also a common bird found in the rainforest. This birds bright and beautiful colors definitely stand out Strange and exotic birds fly swiftly through the rainforest. One of these birds would be the Toucan. The rainforest is filled with the delightful sounds of nature, especially the sounds of the different
kinds of birds amidst the luscious green forest.

The giant tropical trees definitely make up a large portion of the rainforest. However, these trees are not like other trees on the planet, these trees are unique. If a person is in the rainforest and then were to look up the trees would look like beautiful green umbrellas. This is the layer of the rainforest called the emergent. This is where the tops of the tallest trees exist. The canopy layer is also included in this part of the rainforest. The canopy layer makes up the highest layer of the rainforest.