The Amazon Rainforest (also Know as the Amazon Jungle) is one place I cannot wait to visit! Being the world largest forest and is nominated for one "7 New Wonders of the World" it most definitely deserves a visit! It covers a list of countries including Brazil, Peru, Ecuador, Venezuela, Bolivia. In the Amazon rainforest you can travel in small airplanes (which I imagine are very nice to get an aerial view) between the smaller cities. But on the ground level there is just one way to travel in the Amazon rainforest, which is by boat. The Amazon rainforest is full of rivers, from the smallest one to the biggest one on the planet. The Amazon River is responsible for 25% of the fresh water that goes into the oceans. The Amazon River is so big that in some places you can't see the other side of the river. Certain areas seem just like an ocean since you have white sand beaches and waves! In some places the rivers edges are 30 miles from each other. The wildlife and scenery in the Amazon looks like no where else in the world from looking at the photos on this link.
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Amazon Rainforest
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The Amazon Rainforest (also Know as the Amazon Jungle) is one place I cannot wait to visit! Being the world largest forest and is nominated for one "7 New Wonders of the World" it most definitely deserves a visit! It covers a list of countries including Brazil, Peru, Ecuador, Venezuela, Bolivia. In the Amazon rainforest you can travel in small airplanes (which I imagine are very nice to get an aerial view) between the smaller cities. But on the ground level there is just one way to travel in the Amazon rainforest, which is by boat. The Amazon rainforest is full of rivers, from the smallest one to the biggest one on the planet. The Amazon River is responsible for 25% of the fresh water that goes into the oceans. The Amazon River is so big that in some places you can't see the other side of the river. Certain areas seem just like an ocean since you have white sand beaches and waves! In some places the rivers edges are 30 miles from each other. The wildlife and scenery in the Amazon looks like no where else in the world from looking at the photos on this link.
The Amazon Rainforest (also Know as the Amazon Jungle) is one place I cannot wait to visit! Being the world largest forest and is nominated for one "7 New Wonders of the World" it most definitely deserves a visit! It covers a list of countries including Brazil, Peru, Ecuador, Venezuela, Bolivia. In the Amazon rainforest you can travel in small airplanes (which I imagine are very nice to get an aerial view) between the smaller cities. But on the ground level there is just one way to travel in the Amazon rainforest, which is by boat. The Amazon rainforest is full of rivers, from the smallest one to the biggest one on the planet. The Amazon River is responsible for 25% of the fresh water that goes into the oceans. The Amazon River is so big that in some places you can't see the other side of the river. Certain areas seem just like an ocean since you have white sand beaches and waves! In some places the rivers edges are 30 miles from each other. The wildlife and scenery in the Amazon looks like no where else in the world from looking at the photos on this link.
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The Lion King You Tube video and the talk of the Amazon rainforest, remind one that Africa has interesting rainforest too.
ReplyDeleteCameroon is more than a usual contender in World Cup soccer/football.
Tourist literature describes Cameroon as "Africa in miniature" because it exhibits all the major climates and vegetation of the continent: coast, desert, mountains, savanna, and rainforest.
Yokadouma, a town in south eastern Cameroon lying near the border with the Central African Republic, is popular as a base for visiting the local rainforest.
Of course, such a rainforest adventure in not focused on lions but gorillas!
Lowland gorillas, which are classified as endangered species, live in tropical rain forests in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Congo-Brazzaville, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, the Central African Republic and Cameroon.
For more info about the gorillas, or to help, visit:
http://www.wcs.org/saving-wildlife/great-apes/western-lowland-gorillas.aspx