Basic Knowledge of the Amazon Rainforest

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A Level ASDAN Mind Map on Basic Knowledge of the Amazon Rainforest, created by ameliaisginger on 06/06/2013.
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Basic Knowledge of the Amazon Rainforest
  1. covers 40% of South America
    1. 60% of the Rainforest in in Brazil, the rest in Peru, Columbia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia, Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana
      1. Estimated 30% of all species on Earth inhabit the Amazon
        1. Around 438,000 plant species
          1. Indigenous people have dwindled over 500 years from 10 million to 200,000
            1. 20% of the Amazon Rainforest has already been destroyed by deforestation
              1. estimated 40 years until the Rainforest in completely destroyed at the current rate of deforestation
              2. Four layers
                1. forest floor
                  1. undergrowth
                    1. canopy
                      1. emergent layer
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