Amazon Rainforest, by Claudio B.

Can you imagine what 33 ft of rain falling would look like? Well you don't have to imagine, because 400 inches of rainfall every year in the Amazon rainforest every year. Maybe that’s why they call it the “Rain-forest.” But this is not just the only interesting fact about the Amazon Rainforest. The animals and trees are also very interesting. There are 1600 birds, 230 snakes, 600 mammals, 40 turtles, 70, 000 insects. And this is where dinosaurs used to live too!

Surprisingly, even though there is a lot of rain in this forest, it is also very hot- from 85 to 95 degrees. Additionally, the forest can grow up to 296 inches a year. Also the forest has 4 layers:

1. Emergent layer,
2. Canopy,
3. Understory,
4. Forest floor.

These 4 layers of the Amazon Rainforest are named differently because different things happen in each layer. For example, the Harpy Eagle lives high up in the Emergent layer, where they can more suitably protect their young.

The Amazon Rainforest runs through the equator and it lives in South America, Asia, Australia, and Africa. The Amazon forest also has the second largest river in the world and it is 4,000 miles long! There is also a forest called Amazonia because the amazon river runs through it.