Amazon Interactive Explore the geography of the Ecuadorian Amazon through online games and activities. Learn about the rainforest and the Quichua people who call it home. Discover the ways in which the Quichua live off the land. Then try your hand at running a community-based ecotourism project along the Rio Napo. Geography of the Ecuadorian Amazon Ecotourism Simulation Game Amazon Interactive ...

World Wildlife Fund's Amazon site presents a series of photos, facts and scientific papers on the Amazon Rainforests. Learn about raoinforest animals like the jaguar, macaws, and poison arrow frogs. Listen to the sounds of the Amazon rainforest and learn how you can protect the Amazon.

Patterns and Processes of Change in the Amazon River Basin Welcome to the EOS Amazon Project at the University of Washington This project is a NASA Earth Observing System (EOS) Interdisciplinary Investigation. The purpose of this research project is to understand the biogeochemistry, hydrology, and sedimentation of the Amazon River and its drainage basin. We have chosen the Amazon as the first ...

Seasonal changes have a significant impact in every natural environment, but perhaps nowhere is that effect as dramatic as in Amazonia. Annually, Amazonia is hit by a deluge that overwhelms meadows where animals have resided for nearly half the year. For four months, the Amazon is hit by torrential rain, yet even some of the highest rainfall on Earth does not alone explain the 30 to 45 foot ...

For more information about the Amazon River visit the following websites: About Amazonia NASA - Image of Amazon from Space Wanna Hear a catfish sing (Check this out) Tropical Aquatics in the Amazon Basin How is it so Great What makes the Amazon the greatest river in the world is the sheer volume of water that it carries, as well as its length. It is one of the longest rivers in the world, ...

Lots of facts and photos of the Amazon River ...

Encyclopedia Amazon Pronunciation Key Amazon, Port. Amazonas, world's second longest river, c.3, 900 mi (6, 280 km) long, formed by the junction in N Peru's Andes Mts. of two major headstreams, the Ucayali and the shorter Maran. It flows across N Brazil before entering the Atlantic Ocean near Belm. The Amazon carries more water than any other river in the world. The drainage basin is enormous (c.