
Amazon Rain Forest Fire
The Fire in Amazon Rain Forest-
The Amazon Rain Forest is called the Lung of the Earth. In this dense forest, about one-fifth of the earth’s oxygen is produced, and one-fourth is consumed by carbon-dioxide. The Amazon Rain Forest such an extremely useful friend. The world’s largest dense forest is burned by fire. In South America, the Amazon rain forest is spread over an area of about 100,000 km in the Amazon River basin. In the last eight months, there have been 12,000 fires. As a result, the ashes are burnt into the lungs of the world. Smoke was spread across the sky. It is spread over nine countries – Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia, Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana. Particularly damaged are the Amazon-based parts of Brazil. Amazon is home to rare species of flora and fauna. The Amazon rain forest is the backbone of biodiversity about food and food chain. The removal of forest resources has caused irreparable harm to the environment. The reason behind the fire on Amazon is the search. Fire is a natural disaster. In order to prevent global warming, the Forestry Commission’s program has been adopted in but not to good the destruction of forests and wildlife.
AT A GLANCE THE AMAZON RAIN FOREST
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TYPES
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Tropical Rain Forest
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AREA
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This basin encompasses 7,000,000 km2 of 5,500,000km2
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DISTRIBUTION
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Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, Colombia, Venezuela, Surinam, Fransis Guina,Equodor
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MAIN RIVER
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The Amazon
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LOCATION
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Latitude 3°27’ 55’’ S and Longitude 62° 12’ 57’’ W
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CLIMATE
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The Typical Equatorial climate( Rainy, Humid and Worm )
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PRECIPITATION
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200-300 cm
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TEMPERATURE
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BIODIVERSITY
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2.5 million insect species,40,000 plant species,2200 fishes, 428 amphibian, 378 reptiles, 96,000 invertebrates, 2000 birds and mammals.
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NAME OF GRASSLAND
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Selva
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NAME OF MAMMALS
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Black Caiman, Jaguar, Anteater, Giant Otter, Howler Monkey,
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NAME OF BIRDS
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Harpy Eagle, Toucan and Hoatzin, Vampire bats
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NAME OF REPTILES
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Anaconda, Aligator
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NAME OF AMPHIBIANS
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Dart poison Frog
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NAME OF FISHES
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Pirhana, Electric eels
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NAME OF SOME INVERTEBRATES
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Bullet Ant
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NAME OF PLANT SPECIES
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Mahogany, Rosewood, Coconut Palm. Besides, Cinchona, Banana, Plantain, Bamboos, Wild Rubber and other trees of great commercial value are found in abundance in these forests
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Tribes
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300 Brazilian Tribes, Portugis Tribes.largest Amazonian Tribes of brazil- Tikuna
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What’s happening Now:
Amazon’s forests are being burned in horror. The ‘lungs’, which supply 20 percent of the world’s oxygen, are burning fast. Millions of trees are death With death many species. The condition was going to be for three weeks. Although it has been widely circulated around the world, the fire has not been extinguished in any way. The intensity of the fire is so horrible that the sky in the Brazilian capital is blackened by smoke. According to the fact, about 1,000 square kilometers of the forest is being burned every minute. The smoke of the fire over the Amazon region has darkened day by day in Sao Paula, Brazil’s largest city. The distance from the Amazon forests to Sao Paola is about 3 and a half kilometers. As the fire swept across the region, daytime darkness fell to Sao Paula, Brazil’s largest city. Ordinary people are leaving the city for life. The aboriginal people living in the Amazon jungle are crying out loud: ‘Give back that forest to the city’.
When Nature Dame was burned, a worldwide tragedy was declared and in just days 218 million euros were raised to rebuild it. The Amazon has been burning for 16 days, the lung of the world, which is home to to date, at least 40,000 plant species, 427 mammals (e.g. jaguar, anteater and giant otter), 1,300 birds (e.g. harpy eagle, toucan, and hoatzin), 378 reptiles (e.g. boa), more than 400 amphibians (e.g. dart poison frog) and around 3,000 freshwater fishes including the piranha have been found in the Amazon. Out of the plants, there are 16000 species of trees.
What’s the cause of the fire :
In this year 72,000 times are burned in the amazon rain forest .the environmentalist realized the main cause of fire in amazon Deforestation for house and agriculture, Draught, global warming, etc
What’s the step for extinguishing the fire:
This is the first time Bolivia has come forward. Bolivian President Eva Morales has already spoken to Brazil. The operation was launched with the tanker in the sky to bring the fire under control. The specific hydraulic super tanker holds the most water. It can fly with 4,000 liters of water. The aircraft will pour water over the Amazon jungle that is on fire. Before the tanker flew, an airborne aircraft flew and identified the affected areas. After that, the super-tanker flew through the area to pour water. The tanker has three additional helicopters. There are 3 firefighter soldiers who are trying to extinguish the fire. Then France, India, America, Latin American many countries, united kingdom have come to help Brazil.
Distribution :
During the day time, the maximum temperature seldom exceeds 38°C, but high relative humidity combined with intense sunlight and slight air sensible temperature is always very high because of a very low rate of evaporation. Besides, because of dense cloud cover and excessive moisture, even the nights in certain locations give little relief from the oppressive heat. However, nocturnal cooling often produces ground fogs and dew.
Pressure and winds:
With the shifting of wind belts, the trade winds bring relief to different parts of the Amazon rain forest at different seasons. Even though they are warm, they encourage evaporation from the body so that the effect is pleasantly cooling. In the central parts of the region, the island stations experience sultry and oppressive weather, but the coastal areas do get the beneficial effects of the cool sea breezes which are most welcome for their refreshing and cooling effect. In addition, squall winds produced by occasional thunderstorms bring some temporary relief to the local inhabitants.
Precipitation:
Natural Vegetation :
The amazing fact of amazon:
Amazon does not come out of Amazon even a drop of oxygen. Each year, the Amazon rainforest produces 20 times the oxygen needed by all humans on earth. All it takes to meet the needs of the ecosystem that lives in the Amazon. Amazon does not mean that oxygen does not give people? The simple answer – not directly. This is a strange global process. What is the whole thing? It sounds like a thriller. The thriller begins in the North African desert. Dust storm Dust particles mixed with hot air. Slowly cross the Atlantic, the dust falls into the Amazon basin. The plants and the rest of the ecosystem take away valuable food for survival. An average of 30 million tonnes of dust is collected from Africa every year on Amazon The tree draws water from the ground. The water evaporates over gravity. A river of thousands of square miles. Which is much larger than the Amazon River below. The steam river crossed the whole of South America and pushed into the Andes Mountains. It rains. The rainwater flows down the Andes to the Amazon basin. The stone is washed away. Minerals are mixed with Emergency nutrition. Amazon meshes into the sea. There is an outstanding item waiting for that nutrient. Diatom. This diatom at sea is one of the major sources of oxygen in the world. This diatom uses silica floating in the river water. Creates a new cell. A type of breeding. Every day, their number doubles. The diatom can do photosynthesis. From that comes our oxygen. 5% of all our oxygen is needed. Amazon will be lost if there is no African dust storm. If not Amazon, Diatom won’t survive. If you do not have a diatom, the oxygen source will be reduced by one push.
As a conclusion, we say that in the amazon rain forest region, the temperature of precipitation is very high. Many types of plant & animal species are found here. Fire and Deforestation of the amazon rain forests is a critical problem facing the human species today. The tropical forests not only affect the regional climate but provide humanity with many crucial medicines & other products. If the forests are destroyed, a major planetary biome will cease to function.
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