Amazon Rain Forest!
- The Amazon rain forest is the world’s largest tropical rain forest. It covers about 2 million square miles (5.2 million square kilometers). It is more than seven times as big as Texas
- The Amazon rain forest has more kinds of plants than any other place in the world. Tens of thousands of different kinds of trees and other plants grow there. The tallest trees are more than 165 feet (50 meters) high—or as tall as a 14-story building. Nuts, cocoa, rubber, and other useful products come from the plants.
- The Amazon rain forest also has more kinds of animals than any other place in the world. More than 1,300 kinds of birds make their home in the rain forest. The rivers have up to 3,000 kinds of fish. As many as 30 million different kinds of insects may live there.
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*Amazon rain forest." World Book Discover. World Book, 2012. Web. 18 Nov. 2012
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