The largest and most species-rich tropical forest system on our planet.

1. Amazon Rainforest
亞馬遜雨林
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2. 亞馬遜熱帶雨林
亞馬遜熱帶雨林已被歸因為“地球之肺”，也稱為亞馬遜。這亞馬遜叢林，或南
美洲亞馬遜河流域，佔地面積超過1.7億英畝（7,000,000平方公里）;實際的
熱帶雨林蔓延超過1.4億畝，含蓋巴西，秘魯，哥倫比亞，委內瑞拉，厄瓜多
爾，玻利維亞，圭亞那，蘇里南和法屬圭亞那等9個國家。60％的亞馬遜叢林
在巴西。亞馬遜代表全球一半以上的剩餘雨林，包含了我們這個星球上規模
最大，品種最豐富的熱帶森林系列。
亞馬遜延著亞馬遜河周圍增長，這是最長，最大的河流，是世界上最大的盆
地地區。亞馬遜河總流量比世界前十大河流合起來大。這個潮濕的熱帶森林
生物多樣性，十分之一的物種的動物生活在這裡，它也是地球上植物最大的
生長的集合地。亞馬遜現在還有很多未開發區。它絕對是應該要被保護的熱
帶叢林天堂。浩瀚的亞馬遜雨林，是新的世界新七大自然奇觀之一。我們喜
歡這些照片！ [46圖片]

3. Amazon Rainforest
The “lungs of our planet” have been attributed to the Amazon rainforest, also known
as Amazonia. This Amazon jungle, or the Amazon basin in South America, covers
over 1.7 billion acres acres (7,000,000 square kilometers); the actual tropical
rainforest is spread over 1.4 billion acres and 9 countries: Brazil, Peru, Colombia,
Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia, Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana. 60% of the
Amazon jungle is contained within Brazil. The Amazon represents over half the
remaining rainforests worldwide and contains the largest and most species-rich
tropical forest system on our planet.
Amazonia grew around the Amazon River which is the longest river, the largest
river, and the basin has the largest area in the world. The Amazon River has total
flow greater than the top ten world’s rivers combined. The biodiversity of this wet
tropical forest could boggle the brain; one in ten animal species lives here and it is
the largest collection of living plants on the globe . . . and much of the Amazon is
still unexplored. It definitely should be protected for the tropical jungle paradise may
hold the keys, yet to be discovered, to cure countless diseases. The amazing
Amazon rainforest is one of The World's New Seven Wonders of Nature. We love
these pics! [46 Photos]

4. The biodiversity in these wet tropical forests is mind-blowing. It is home to the largest collection of living plant and animal
species in the world. One in ten known species on this planet lives in the Amazon Rainforest. Amazonia is home to around 2.5
million insect species, tens of thousands of plants, and more than 2,000 birds and mammals. So far, at least 40,000 plant
species, 2,200 fishes, 1,294 birds, 427 mammals, 428 amphibians, and 378 reptiles have been scientifically classified within
this region. One in five of all bird and fish species live here. The Scarlet Macaws above are indigenous to the American tropics.
The photographer wrote, “Red-and-Green Macaws DO grow on trees in the Amazon.” Photo #1 by Billtacular

5. The San Rafael Falls and Quijos River are located at the foot of the highly active Reventador Volcano which rises out of the
Amazon jungle east of the Andes. Based on archaeological evidence, it is believed that humans first inhabited this Amazon
paradise at least 11,200 years ago. Photo #2 by Imagesunion

6. Streams of light in the Amazonian mist. Inside this rainforest, you never quite know what you might see . . .
Photo #3 by Jon Rawlinson

7. You might see a Tupi ‘red bird,’ also known as the scarlet ibis, one of the most beautiful
Brazilian birds, because of the color of their plumage.
Photo #4 by J.Gil Photography

8. Or you might see an Amazonian ‘Godzilla.’ Photo #5 by Laurent

9. In Amazonia, you might even stumble upon an Emerald Boa. Eek!
Photo #6 by Free Pet Wallpapers

10. Amazon rainforest jaguar. Bet you won’t bump into one of these beautiful beasties in
an urban jungle?
Photo #7 by By Land Rover Our Planet

11. Star of the water – In the rivers of the Amazon. The photographer noted, “The water lily (Victoria regia), an aquatic plant is
typical of the Amazon region. Its leaves are large and circular, with folded edges, forming a sort of basin. They can reach 2
meters in diameter. The leaves of the lily pad can withstand the weight of a small child in the water without sinking.” According
to an Indian legend about the lilypad, “As its flowers open at night, the Indians liken to the moon and stars. They say that
once in the Amazon, there lived an Indian girl that he wanted to become a star. At night, she liked to look at the sky to admire
the stars. She thought that the moon could come pick her up on Earth and take it to heaven. One night, a beautiful Indian girl
leaned over the side of the river, where the moon was reflected. She was mesmerized by the image of the moon, fell into the
river and disappeared into the water. The moon then turned into a lilypad. So the flower of the lily pad is called ‘star of the
waters’.” Photo #8 by Miriam C de Souza

12. A typical house in the Amazon.
Photo #9 by Francisco Chaves from Buenos Aires, Argentina

13. Looking down at the ‘lungs of the planet.’
Photo #10 by Wallpapers Diq

14. Looking up in Amazon
rainforest – Árvore Mogno.
Photo #11 by Signey

15. Monkeys hanging out in the tropical jungle.
Photo #12 by Worldwide Happy Media

16. Brown Woolly Monkey in the Amazon.
Photo #13 by Evgenia Kononova

17. Amazon rainforest – ‘inside of kills’. Photo #14 by Hudson Alves

18. The photographer wrote of the ‘Wild Boy’, “His eyes reflects the nostalgia of an almost extinct
World. Wearing an Amazon Toucan, traditionally used only for the sacred dances and very
special moments, this boy is learning from the Shamans the traditional dances of the
Kotococha culture, a knowledge which is only transmitted from the shaman to the few chosen
by word of mouth. Origin: Ecuadorian Amazon rainforest, Kotococha tribe.”
Photo #15 by Gustavo Morejón

19. Comunity Nova Esperança, Baré people. Cuieiras
river, tributary of the Rio Negro, Amazonia, Brazil.
Photo #16 by Daniel Zanini H.

20. Folklore of Amazonas is nourished from legends and stories in which mystery and
inexplicable things are always present. One example on Wikipedia includes “if you
ask people about the lagoon of Cochaconga, they will say that it is enchanted. They
say it has the ‘form of a neck’ and that with the smallest noise provoked by an animal
or the scream of a person, there will be a tremendous thunderstorm in which an
enormous monster will appear in the shape of cow. This monster will become mad
with the strangers. That’s why, whoever passes by this remote place, does it with
maximum precautions for not altering the local silence.”
Photo #17 by NewWorldReview

21. Aerial roots of Red Mangrove on an Amazonian river.
Photo #18 by Cesar Paes Barreto

22. Amazon Poison Dartfrog, also known as the Reticulated Poison Frog, can be found at
the inflows of the Amazon River in Peru live high up in the rainforest. The photographer
also noted that these very little beauties are only about 15-20 mm in size.
Photo #19 by Dominik Hofer

23. Iracema Waterfalls. Photo #20 by Hudson Alves

24. A great of deal of travel along Amazônia is by water. That may be due to the
abundance of waterways. Photo #21 by Daniel Zanini H.

25. Or perhaps travel by river may simply be easier than the adventure of trying to travel
muddy Amazonia roads? Here you don’t get stuck in traffic, you just get stuck.
Photo #22 by J.Gil Photography

26. Amazon Rainforest, seen from the Alto Madre de Dios river, in Peru. Before 1960, access to
the forest’s interior was restricted and the Amazon jungle remained mostly intact. During the
1960s, farms were established based on crop cultivation and the slash and burn method.
Deforestation was so considerable that the areas which were cleared of forest were visible to
the naked eye from outer space. Photo #23 by Martin St-Amant

27. Strong drought in the Amazon rainforest. In 2005, parts of the Amazon basin
experienced the worst drought in one hundred years. In 2010 the Amazon rainforest
experienced another horrific drought, in some ways more extreme than in 2005. In a
typical year the Amazon absorbs 1.5 gigatons of carbon dioxide; during 2005 instead
5 gigatons were released and in 2010 8 gigatons were released.
Photo #24 by Hudson Alves

28. Just as there can be droughts, the rivers of Amazon suffer flooding for 4 or 5 months
of the year. The photographer said that on a hot day, they went ‘rock jumping.’ Photo
#25 by J.Gil Photography

29. Amazonas floating village, Iquitos in the Amazon Basin. It’s the part of South
America drained by the Amazon River; its tributaries drains an area of about
2,670,000 square miles (6,915,000 sq km), or roughly 40% of South America.
Photo #26 by Sascha Grabow

30. An Amazon Chestnut Sunrise. Photo #27 by Vicente Pinheiro via Ana_Cotta

31. Amazon rainforest, near Manaus, Brazil. Image taken from top of a 50 m tower for meteorological
observations, and the top of vegetation canopy is typically 35 m. The image was taken within 30
minutes of a rain event, and a few white ‘clouds’ above the canopy are indicative of rapid
evaporation from wet leaves after the rain. Much of the Amazon is still unexplored, many of its
indigenous plants and animals are unknown . . . perhaps even plants yet to be discovered that
could cure diseases that plague the people on our planet. The leaves and branches of the
rainforest are so dense that it creates a “roof” that does not allow the sunlight to reach the
ground. The ground remains dark, damp and waiting for discovery.
Photo #28 by Phil P Harris

32. A Yagua (Yahua) tribeman demonstrating the use of blowgun (blow dart), at one of the
Amazonian ‘islands’.
Photo #29 by JialiangGao www.peace-on-earth.org

33. Another folklore of Amazona from Peru are attributed to certain animals. For example: The
mochuelo that “freezes the soul”, or the “quien-quien” that makes fun of the travelers in the
roads. When the singing crickets sounds like bells, it is supposedly foretelling of a “big evil.”
Photo #30 by Roosevelt Garcia

34. Amazonian Forest and Renato River. Photo #31 by Leonardo F. Freitas

35. Monkey Island, Peru, is a part of Amazonia.
Photo #32 by Alex Guerrero from New Haven, United States

36. Amazonian rainforest, upper Amazon basin, Loreto region, Peru.
Photo #33 by Pahpaha

37. Balbina Dam in Amazon, Brazil. Photo #34 by Seabirds

38. Stormy clouds cover the Amazonian jungle. Photo #35 by lapidim

39. The photographer explained, “On the Tambopata River in the Peruivan Amazon Rainforest, a
group of kids play football on a tiny sand island in the middle of the river.”
Photo #36 by Mike Cooper

40. Bamboo and ferns in the rainforest.
Photo #37 by Tadd and Debbie Ottman

41. Native village of Chipitiere, in the Cultural Zone of Manu National Park, Peru.
Photo #38 by Martin St-Amant

42. Toucan, the earl of Amazonia. Photo #39 by Tambako the Jaguar

43. Waterfall flowing from the Andes
down in the Amazon Basin.
Photo #40 by Worldwide
Happy Media

44. Three-Toed Sloth in the Amazon. The photographer noted a local superstition:
‘don’t look at him if you’re pregnant…or your baby may look like him!’ Photo
#41 by Pierre Pouliquin

45. Walking through paths in the Amazonian rainforest. Photo #42 by CREES-MANU

46. San Rafael Falls in the Amazon jungle. Photo #43 by Drriss

47. The photographer wrote, “Yacumana
and Chullachaqui are two demons of
the local legends. Yacumana is a
demon of the water (boa man);
Chullachaqui can transform itself to
mimic any person…is it your mum
coming to you? No, look at his feet,
that’s how you recognize him, he
always has a big one!”
Photo #44 by Pierre Pouliquin

48. Brazilian Amazon. Photo #45 by Горящий тур

49. Amazonian Sunset. Photo #46 by New7Wonders of Nature