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The Amazon rainforest is home to 10% of the known species in the world. The Amazon rainforest is home to 205 of the bird species in the world. There are over 40,000 different plant species and approximately 2.5 million insect species in the Amazon rainforest. Due to efforts to fight deforestation in the Amazon, rates have been reducing slightly, but it is still an issue today.
The Amazon River basin is about 4,195 miles long, covering about 2,720,000 square miles in area, including its 15,000 tributaries and subtributaries (four of which are in excess of 1,000 miles long).It is the largest river basin in the world. The source of the Amazon is the lake, Lauricocha, in the Peruvian Andes.he width of the river ranges from one mile to 35 miles. The city at the heart of the basin, Manaus, has an altitude of only 144 feet. The average level of the basin is 300 feet above sea level. In the Amazon Basin, flooding often occurs between June and October.