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The Amazon - What Everyone Needs to Know (R) (Hardcover)
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The Amazon - What Everyone Needs to Know (R) (Hardcover)
Series: What Everyone Needs to Know (R)
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The Amazon is a land of superlatives. The complex ecosystem covers
an area about the size of the continental U.S. The Amazon River
discharges 57 million gallons of water per second-in two hours,
this would be enough to supply all of New York City's 7.5 million
residents with water for a year. Its flora and fauna are abundant.
Approximately one of every four flowering plant species on earth
resides in the Amazon. A single Amazonian river may contain more
fish species than all the rivers in Europe combined. It is home to
the world's largest anteater, armadillo, freshwater turtle, and
spider, as well as the largest rodent (which weighs over 200 lbs.),
catfish (250 lbs.), and alligator (more than half a ton). The
rainforest, which contains approximately 390 billion trees, plays a
vital role in stabilizing the global climate by absorbing massive
amounts of carbon dioxide-or releasing it into the atmosphere if
the trees are destroyed. Severe droughts in both Brazil and
Southeast Asia have been linked to Amazonian deforestation, as have
changing rainfall patterns in the U.S., Europe, and China. The
Amazon also serves as home to millions of people. Approximately
seventy tribes of isolated and uncontacted people are concentrated
in the western Amazon, completely dependent on the land and river.
These isolated groups have been described as the most marginalized
peoples in the western hemisphere, with no voice in the decisions
made about their futures and the fate of their forests. In this
addition to the What Everyone Needs to Know (R) series, ecologist
and conservation expert, Mark J. Plotkin, who has spent 40 years
studying Amazonia, its peoples, flora, and fauna. The Amazon offers
an engaging overview of this irreplaceable ecosystem and the
challenges it faces.
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