1.3 The Amazon River Basin

The Amazon River supports life in all rain forests.

• True

• False

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What route those the Amazon River take?

• empties into the Pacific Ocean

• begins in Peru

• flows west of the continent

• empties into the Atlantic Ocean

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Define the term tributaries?

The river is 4,000 kilometers long.

• True

• False

The Amazon River is the largest in the world.

• True

• False

How many square miles does the river basin cover?

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Where is the largest tropical rain forest located?

• South America

• The Amazon

• most of it is found in Brazil

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Different kinds of animal and insect species in an ecosystem are called?

Nutrients that are deposited by floodwaters support the different species of the rain forest.

• True

• False

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What are some of the threats to the rain forest?

• droughts

• mining

• logging

• land development