write a note on the wildlife of the Amazon basin
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The Amazon basin is the part of South America drained by the Amazon River and its tributaries. The Amazon drainage basin covers an area of about 6,300,000 km2 (2,400,000 sq mi), or about 35.5 percent of the South American continent. It is located in the countries of Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela.[1]
Most of the basin is covered by the Amazon Rainforest, also known as Amazonia. With a 5.5 million km2 (2.1 million sq mi) area of dense tropical forest, this is the largest rainforest in the world.
Geography Edit
The Amazon River begins in the Andes Mountains at the west of the basin with its main tributary the Marañón River in Peru. The highest point in the watershed of the Amazon is the peak of Yerupajá at 6,635 metres (21,768 ft).
With a length of about 6,400 km (4,000 mi) before it drains into the Atlantic Ocean, it is one of the two longest rivers in the world. A team of Brazilian scientists has claimed that the Amazon is longer than the Nile,[2] but debate about its exact length continues.[3]
The Amazon system transports the largest volume of water of any river system, accounting for about 20% of the total water carried to the oceans by rivers.
Some of the Amazon rainforests are deforested because of an increase in cattle ranches and soybean fields for livestock.
The Amazon basin formerly flowed west to the Pacific Ocean until the Andes formed, causing the basin to flow eastward towards the Atlantic Ocean.[4]
Politically the basin is divided into the Brazilian Amazônia Legal, the Peruvian Amazon, the Amazon region of Colombia and parts of Bolivia, Ecuador and the Venezuelan state of Amazonas.
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The Amazon Basin is rich in different species of wildlife. A variety of monkeys and sloths are found in the trees. Pumas and jaguars are animals of prey. Tapirs and ancient mammals like anteaters and armadillos are found on the ground. Reptiles like crocodile, alligators, turtles, iguanas and different types of snakes including anaconda are found in the swamps. The rivers have a rich variety of fish, including the fierce flesh-eating of piranha. Colourful birds like taucans, hummingbirds, different types of parrots and a variety of insects are also found in the Amazon Basin