The Amazon River and Rainforest
Across
- 2. A tree species commonly found in the rainforest, valuable for rubber
- 5. An amphibian that thrives in the moist environment
- 7. A pink aquatic mammal found in the Amazon
- 8. The Amazon is the world’s second longest ___
- 9. The world’s largest tropical rainforest
- 10. The country with the largest portion of the Amazon Rainforest
- 13. A snake that can grow over 20 feet in the Amazon
- 14. The Amazon is home to over 400 billion individual ___
- 17. A bird known for its large colorful beak in the Amazon
- 18. The seasonal phenomenon when parts of the rainforest flood
- 19. The Amazon rainforest is often called the “lungs of the ___”
- 20. Rainforests help regulate the planet's ___
Down
- 1. One of the most famous predatory fish in the Amazon
- 3. The layer of the rainforest with the tallest trees
- 4. The Amazon River flows into this ocean
- 6. Nutrient-poor but biologically rich upper layer of soil
- 8. Type of forest the Amazon is
- 11. Tribe indigenous to the Amazon region
- 12. Poison ___ frogs are native to the Amazon
- 15. Logging and farming contribute to Amazon ___
- 16. A large cat native to the Amazon rainforest