The Amazon, South America

The Amazon…I am so excited to be here. I left at 8:00 in the morning and took a guided tour of the rainforest. The Amazon’s weather is very unpredictable…one minute it is raining and the other it is hot and humid. The Amazon gets about 1770–2500mm of rain a year. The tour guide was telling us about how the Rainier season can be considered a good time to visit this rainforest because there tends to be more animals. More rain brings higher levels of fruit production, which means that many species are more active and begin their reproductive cycles.
The Amazon rainforest is the largest rainforest in the world. It is all f

ull of green vegetation. The Amazon rainforest contains thousands of different species of birds, hundreds of reptiles, mammals, insects and countless plants and trees, many of which are unique to the region. There are huge rivers that flow into lakes. It is one of the most breathtaking places in the world.
The Amazon rainforest covers seven million square kilometers, of which five and a half million square kilometers is rainforest. A lot of people are pulling down many rare species of trees. There are a number of indigenous people who live in the Amazon rainforest. Among them are the Barasana people (who live in the east) and the Tucano people (who live in north-west). They are tribal people who grow crops and hunt for food and wild plants.