What are the causes of deforestation?
What is being done to preserve the forest, the river, and biodiversity?
Basic Questions and Facts about the Amazon River
Typically 11km, but during the wet season, it can be as wide as 48km!
209,000 70 230,000 cubic metres per second
Approximately 5, 000 different species
1,300 to 1,500 different species of birds
420 - 430 different mammal species including aquatic and semi-aquatic mammals.