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TheAmazonrainforest:anaturaltreasure

亚马孙雨林：大自然的宝藏

Welcometothejungle,ahugeseaofgreenalivewiththesoundsofanimals.ThisistheAmazonrainforest.

Asthelargestrainforestintheworld,itplaysasignificantroleinmaintainingthefinebalanceoftheEarths

ecosystem.

欢迎来到丛林，这是一片绿色的海洋，处处可闻各种动物的声音。这里是亚马孙雨林。作为世界上最

大的雨林，它在维系地球生态系统的微妙平衡上扮演着举足轻重的角色。

TheAmazonrainforestcrossesintoeightcountries,includingBrazilandPeru,andoneoverseasregionof

France,allontheSouthAmericancontinent.Withanareaofaround6millionsquarekilometres,theAmazon

rainforestismorethanhalfthesizeofChina.TheAmazonRiver,fromwhichtherainforestgetsitsname,isclose

to6,400kilometresinlength-roughly100kilometreslongerthantheYangtzeRiver.Onitsjourneyfromthe

mountainstotheocean,theriversupportsmanydifferentecosystems.Theygivethisareatherichestbiodiversity

ontheEarth:oneintenknownspeciesintheworldcanbefoundhere.

亚马孙雨林穿过包括巴西、秘鲁在内的八个国家，以及一块法国的海外领地，都位于南美洲大陆。亚

马孙雨林的面积约为600万平方千米，比中国国土面积的一半还要大。亚马孙雨林得名于亚马孙河，亚马

孙河长约6,400千米，比长江还长大约100千米。这条河从高山流向海洋，沿途维系着多种不同的生态系统。

它们赋予这片区域地球上最丰富的生物多样性：全世界十分之一的已知物种，都可以在这里找到。

Ofthe390,000plantspeciesknowntous,morethan40,000canbefoundintheAmazon.Thistalland

ancientbrazilnuttreeproducesnutsthatwecaneat;thesewaterliliesarebigenoughtoliedownon.Theforests

differentlevelssupportanunbelievablevarietyofwildlife.Atthebottom,thereisasystemofrootsbeneaththe

ground.Abovethatisthemassofleaflitteronthedarkforestfloor.Thenextlevelismadeupofshorterplants

withlargeleaves.Thentherearethetoweringancienthardwoods,andfinallythetopsofthetallesttreesmany

metresabovetheground.Eachleveloftheforestformsitsownlittleworld,hometodifferent