Tropical+Rainforest+Key+Facts

1. 1 and a half acres of rainforest are lost every second. 2. There are more species of fish in the Amazon river than in the Atlantic Ocean. 3. 1 tree found in the rainforest can house 43 species of ants. 4. The soil here is very low nutrients (due to heavy rain), but high in iron oxide and aluminum. 5. 25% of medicine ingredients are made from plants from the rainforest. 6.The Amazon rainforest produces fourty precent of the planets oxygen.

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