20 of the world s natural forest terrain is the amazon jungle itself.
The amazon forest floor night.
It is located in the countries of bolivia brazil colombia ecuador french guiana guyana peru suriname and venezuela.
A rainforest is typically made up of four key layers.
Like titi monkeys they are monogamous and form strong pair bonds.
The amazon drainage basin covers an area of about 6 300 000 km 2 2 400 000 sq mi or about 35 5 percent of the south american continent.
Located in south america more than 60 000 species of plants grow in the amazon jungle.
The amazon is found in south america spanning across brazil bolivia peru ecuador colombia venezuela guyana suriname and french guiana.
The amazon rainforest is the largest tropical jungle in the world containing some of the most biodiverse plants species in the world.
Each layer of the rainforest has different characteristics according to its place in the rainforest.
The emergent layer the canopy layer understory layer and the forest floor.
The forest floor is also where decomposition takes place.
The forest floor is the bottom layer of the rainforest and its also the darkest layer of the rainforest.
Night monkeys make eight distinct calls ranging from grunts to trills and hoots.
The four layers are.
They can grow on trunks branches leaves as well as on top of other epiphytes.
Decomposition is the process by which fungi and microorganisms break down dead plants and animals and recycle essential materials and nutrients.
The temperatures of the amazon rainforest can reach highs of up to 91 degrees fahrenheit and sometimes drop to as low as 71 degrees fahrenheit at night.
The amazon rainforest is composed of four layers.
Running through the north of.
In the top emergent layer trees as tall as 200 feet 60 meters grow far apart and tall.
The sunlight on the forest floor of the amazon rainforest is so low that few plant species can live there.
The animals that live in the layers of the rainforest are able to live in the.
Covering over 5 5 million square kilometres it s so big that the uk and ireland would fit into it 17 times.
But temperatures don t tell the whole story.
The amazon is the world s largest tropical rainforest.
This has resulted in the evolution of a great anazon rainforest plants list that can live high up on trees.
