What is the Rainforest? It’s a wet tropical jungle. Where is the Rainforest? It is in the continent of

south America in these states, Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname,

French Guyana all hold part of the Amazon rainforest. The climate which is the overall

temperature is about 79 degrees Fahrenheit. It is in

the north south western hemisphere. The longitude and latitude is 15-20 north, 46 west.

The climate in the Amazon is very humid and it rains a lot

there. It stays very warm there all year long, mostly because it is close to the equator. In

the Amazon it is usually ether tropical dry which is the pink

places in my pictures or tropical wet which is the red

places in the picture.

As you see in this picture deforestation is a big problem in the Amazon. The light green area shows the area of space that use to be part of the Amazon but is now gone do to logging and cattle ranching.

The green spots picture is what is left of the Amazon, and if we aren’t careful the dark green

area could be light green in the future.

Emergent layer The emergent layer is the layer at the very top. It

reaches 180 to 200 feet in height. Since it is the tallest layer of the rainforest it observes most of the sunlight Most of the animals that live there are monkeys or birds. Canopy layer

The canopy layer is found directly beneath the emergent layer. It forms a natural layer over the remaining two layers. It is the most .The canopy Layer is the primary life sustaining layer with an abundance of food and forms a natural roof over the remaining two layers beneath. Understory layer

The understory layer is directly underneath the canopy layer and above the forest floor. It barley gets any sun light and holds many animals such as, several species of Tree Frogs, Bats, Owls, and an amazing array of insect species like the famous team working “Leaf Cutter Ants”. Intermingling between layers is done by many species but especially by the many varieties of Monkeys, Sloths, and Jaguars.

The forest floorSince the forest floor is on the bottom almost no sun

light reaches it. It holds many animals and insects like. Giant Anteaters, Beetles, Frogs, Lizards, Snakes – including the giant Anaconda, Termites, and insects of every kind thrive by the millions in the moist, dark climate of the Forest Floor.

The Venus flytrap

The Venus fly trap has lots of little fang attached to the plant it’s found in swampy areas and it eats Spiders, bugs, and any insects that lands on it spikes. It saves the insects or whatever it eats for any nutrition it needs. Although it eats the bugs it still uses photosynthesis. There are no real uses for the plant.

The corkscrew willow (Salix matsudana) is also known as Pekin willow and Hankow willow. A member of the Salicaceae family, the corkscrew willow is prized for the unusual growth pattern of its branch. Leaves of the corkscrew willow are green and approximately 3 inches long. Fall foliage is yellow. Flowers and fruit are unremarkable. The branches twist in a corkscrew pattern, giving the tree its common name.The corkscrew willow is a fast-growing tree that may reach a height of up to 35 feet and a width of 20 feet

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Toucan The toucan is one of the most colorful birds that live in the Amazon rainforest. Its beak is almost half the size of its body. It eats other smaller birds insects lizards and even small monkeys. It is hunted by Jaguars, large snakes and bigger birds

Jaguar The Jaguar the jaguar is one of the many animals that live in the Amazon. Its prey includes kinds of things including armadillos, peccaries, capybara, tapir, deer, squirrels, birds and even snails. Not confined to hunting on land, jaguars are adept at snatching fish, turtles and young caiman from the water. They are even able to hunt monkeys and other tree-dwellers who occasionally wander to lower branches. Although they are one of the great predators of the Amazon rainforest they are hunted by one great predator, man. We often as humans hunt

the Jaguar for its fur.

Yanomami

The Yanomami are an indigenous tribe (also called Yanamamo, Yanomam, and Sanuma) made up of four subdivisions of Indians which live in the tropical rain forest of Southern Venezuela and Northern Brazil. Each subdivision has its own language. They include the Sanema which live in the Northern Sector, the Ninam which live in the southeastern sector, the Yanomam which live in the southeastern part and the Yanomamo which live in the southwestern part of Yanomami area. They hunt and fish over a wide range and tend gardens in harmony with the forest. They also hunt other things deep in the forest. They use camouflage so they will blind in with their surroundings. Villages are autonomous but constantly will interact with each other. The villages, which contain between 40 and 300 individuals, are scattered thinly throughout the Amazon Forest. The distance between villages may vary from a few hours walk to a ten day walk The Yanomami live in about hundreds of small villages, grouped by families in one large communal dwelling called a Shabono; this disc-shaped structure with an open-air central plaza is an earthly version of their gods' abode.

AWA tribe

The Awá are one of the last nomadic hunter-gatherer tribes in Brazil. More than 60 Awá have no contact with

outsiders. Although most live in legally recognized reserves, the Awá are hemmed into ever smaller spaces as loggers, settlers and cattle ranchers invade their land and cut down their forest. Their forest home has been opened up by industrial projects and cattle ranching. Many nomadic Awá died as they came in to contact with national society mainly from common diseases to which they had no resistance. Their forest home has been opened up by industrial projects and cattle ranching. Many nomadic Awá died as they came in to contact with national society mainly from common diseases to which they had no resistance.

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As You see in my food web below the rainforest works in many different way. In the rainforest you have your carnivores witch eat only meat. Your herbivores witch eats only greens. Then finally you have your omnivores witch eat both greens and meat. Then on the side you have your decomposers and producers. Decomposers brake down the dead remains of other organisms. Producers are plants that need the sun to make their food. Producers breathe in carbon dioxide and breathe out oxygen which is one of the many reasons why they are so important to us. In places like the Amazon there is usually a food web that keeps the environment in line. For instance say there were too many jaguars in the Amazon. Soon or a later the other species would slowly die out and when that happens the jaguars would have nothing left to eat so they would die

To close up my story I want to talk a little about the rainforest and what we are doing to hurt it. Over the last few years we have gotten really bad with deforestation and we need to stop now. The rainforest could completely be wiped out in the next forty years if we don’t do something so we need to take a stand. The future of the hole world depends on you so what are you going to do about it.

DON’T DESTROY

THE AMAZON !

• Saving the RainforestDeforestation – The destruction of a forest.Conservation – To save or preserve wildlifeEcotourism – When

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