The Amazon is the world’s largest tropical rainforest.It is roughly the size of the continent
of Australia and covers an area of nearly 2.8 millionsquaremiles.TheAmazon rainforest
gets its life from the majestic Amazon River which runs through the heart of the region.
Amazon is also the second largest river in the world.The rain forest is simply the drainage
basin for the river and its tributaries.The vast forest consists of four layers,each featuring
its own ecosystems and specially adapted plants and animals.
The forestfloor is the lowest region.Since only two percent of the sunlight can filter
through the top layers to the understory very few plants grow there.The forest floor,
however,is rich with rotting vegetation and bodies of dead animals which quickly break
down and get integrated into the soil as nutrients.Treeroots stay close to these available
nutrients and decomposers such as millipedes and earthworms use these nutrients for
food.
The understory is the layer above the forestfloor.Much like the forestfloor,only about 2 to
5 percent of the sunlight reaches this shadowy realm.Many of the plants in the understory
have large,broad leaves to collect as much sunlight as possible.The understory is so thick
that there is very little air movement.As a result,plants relyon insects and animals to
pollinate their flowers.
The layer above the understory is the canopy.This is where much of the action in the
rainforest occurs.Many plants growing in this layer have specially adapted leaves with drip
tips.Driptips allow water to flow off the leaves and thus prevent mosses,fungi and lichens
from infecting the leaves.Leaves in the canopy are very dense and filter about 80 percent of
the sunlight.The canopy is where the wealth of the rainforest’s fruits and flowers grow.
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