Location of Amazon tropical rainforest: Brazil, Venuzuala, Ecuador, Peru
Natural characaristics / importance:
-2000mm annual rainfall, 27 degrees all year = ideal for plant growth
-home to 200million people
-home to half the worlds species
-absorbs huge quantities of CO2, emits almost 30% of world O2
-Stores 1/5 of worlds carbon, is a carbon sink
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