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  • How many species of insects are there in the Amazon rainforest?
    over 2 million
  • What gentle animals are in the Amazon?
    sloth and pink dolphin
  • In what country is most of the Amazon River in?
    Brazil
  • When is the river 190km wide?
    during the wet season
  • What is the Amazon?
    It's a river
  • Why is the Amazon river important to the world's oceans?
    Over 20% of the water that goes into the oceans come from the Amazon.
  • How many species of fish are there in the Amazon rainforest?
    3,000
  • Where does most of the Amazon's water come from?
    Rain
  • Where does the Amazon River begin?
    the Andes Mountains in Peru
  • What will happen if we lose the Amazon
    We'll lose a big part of life on Earth
  • What makes the Amazon rainforest special/different?
    It's has the largest number of plant and animal species on Earth. It's the world's largest rainforest.
  • What dangerous animal is in the reading?
    Anaconda (snake)