Where Is The Amazon Rainforest

Located?
• The Amazon Rainforest is located in South America.
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COUNTRIES
• Brazil (60% of the Amazon Rainforest is found in Brazil)
• Peru (13% of the Amazon Rainforest is found in Peru)
• Colombia (10% of the Amazon Rainforest is found in
Colombia)
• Venezuela
• Ecuador
• Bolivia
• Guyana
• Suriname
• French Guiana (overseas department of France)
 WHAT ANIMALS LIVE IN THE
AMAZON RAINFOREST?

Golden Lion Tamarin Anaconda Peanut Head Bug

Glass Frog Jesus Lizard Kinkajou

 Sloth Poison Dart Frog Macaw

Amazon River Dolphin Jaguar

 The Endangered Amazon
Rainforest
• Deforestation, climate change, illegal
hunting and environmental contamination
are constant threats to the livelihoods and
habitats of many species of Amazon
animals that rely on the forests and
ecosystems surrounding the Amazon River
to survive and thrive.
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• The Amazon region is home to more than one million species
of animals and plants – some 60 % of the planet’s species
 The main causes of this
environmental imbalance are…
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