... states, "Rainforests are the finest celebration of nature ever known on the planet" (Miller). Of these ecosystems, the Amazon is the world's largest tropical rain forest. It covers approximately 2 million square miles in the Amazon River Basin of South America. The country of Brazil is home to nearly two-thirds of this tropical forest while the remainder occupies Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia ... , monkeys, parrots, sloths, and wild species of cat (Amazon 403). A 2.5-acre area may contain as many as 280 or more species of trees and hundreds more plant species making every square inch ...

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... compounds that have proven to be very important in medical studies. Although In 1980, the estimated amount of rain forests in the world was 40,000 square miles. This number decreases each year by roughly 1,000 square miles due to construction and the resources being used for profit. Commercial logging is the leading factor in rainforest destruction, both through extraction & road building. Today rainforests ... ...

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... and the mule deer would live in which is grasslands, jungles, forests, and swamps. Most male cougars usually travel through a home range of 250 square miles, while the females usually have a home range of 70 to 90 square miles. Most cougars live alone. The males spend most of the time marking their territory. The only time females don't live alone is when they have ... ...

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... on the west. The coastline is 6,435 km. Most rivers in Chile begin in or near the Andes and drain westward into the Pacific Ocean. The Loa River flows 270 miles and crosses the Atacama Desert. Other rivers in Chile include the Bío-Bío, Maipo, and Copiapo Rivers. A district of glacial mountain lakes known for their outstanding beauty lie north of ... are many kinds of birds, including rheas, condors, pelicans, gulls, and penguins. The flag has two equal horizontal bands of white and red. The blue square is the same height as the white. The blue square represents the sky. The long, ...

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... never met before. In which that would make the Brazilians some very friendly people (Skabeland 2). The land and climate are also very interesting . The land in Brazil is 3,286,770 square miles, which is larger than the continental United States and takes up about one-half of South America. Brazil is the fifth largest country and the sixth most populous country in ... ...

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... logging activities. As consumption of wood, paper and other forest products increases so does the rate of deforestation. Eleven million acres a year are cut for commercial paper. AMcDonald=s J needs 800 square miles of trees to make the amount of paper they need for a year=s supply of packaging@ The privatization of wood harvesting companies makes it difficult for timber harvesting to be regulated ... ...

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