Thursday, 22 February 2007

Amazon Pictures




Tourists heading upstream on The River Amazon




The Amazon stretching through the the rain forest.

Info on the River Amazon

The source is where a river starts. The source of the amazon is called Apurimac. The mouth of a river is where the river joins with the sea. The Amazon connects to the Atlantic Ocean, Brazil. The river amazon is 6,400 KM or 3,977 miles long. The Amazon estuary is 240 KM wide.

Wednesday, 21 February 2007

Effects the Amazon has on the environment.

The Amazon is the second longest river in the world. It runs through Brazil and the Amazon Rainforest. Most of the forest is being cut down for commercial goods; therefore polluting the river with VOC (volatile organic chemicals).