The Amazon rainforest, the largest rainforest in the world, crosses into eight countries, including Brazil and Peru, and one overseas region of France all on the South American continent. It covers area of around 6 million square kilometres. It is named after the Amazon River, is close to 6,400 kilometres in length, (support) many different ecosystems, which give this area the richest biodiversity on the Earth, one tenth known species in the world living in it.
There are(variety) of plants in the Amazon rainforest. Of the 390, 000 plant species known to us, over 40,000 can be found there. The forest's different levels support an(believe) variety of wildlife. Each level of the forest forms its own little world, home to different kinds of living things.
There are more than 1, 300 species of birds and over 400 species of mammals living there. Among them(be) the jaguar, which can survive here.
The Amazon rainforest is not only home to numerous species of animals and plants but also known as the" lungs of the planet", because it breathes life the planet by fixing carbon and producing over 20 per cent of all the Earth's oxygen. But over the past 50 years, 17 per cent of the rainforest(disappear) due to human activities. And some species are also in danger of(extinct).is time for us to do something to protect it.
