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Number1
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- 1Amazing Amazon Facts• Home to 1000 species of bird and 60,000 species of plants.
• 10 million species of insects live in the Amazon
• It is home to 20 million people, who use the wood, cut down trees for farms and for cattle. - 2Impacts of deforestation (economic development)•Brings in jobs and income
•Destroys resources in
the long term
•Livelihoods of
locals destroyed.
•2008 $6.9
billion from cattle
Mining gold causes mercury to poison the rivers. - 3Soil erosionNutrients are washed away decreasing nutrients in the soil.
Rivers slit up.
Land left unprotected from heavy rain leads to landslides and flooding. - 4—
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- GCSE Geography FlashCards sobre Number1, criado por Mikhail Banerji em 28-03-2023.
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- Mikhail Banerji
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