amazon river

Explore the Amazon rain forest and learn all about what it's like to live in this biome, from what knids of plants and animals live there to what kinds of weather it receives.

Presents an introduction to the Amazon rain forest in South America, the largest rain forest in the world, discussing the history of the rain forest and the river for which it is named and examining its plants, animals, and people.

Describes the Amazon River's location, history, size, waters, animals, and surrounding land and peoples.

Married less than two years, the author and her husband decided they wanted a honeymoon adventure. They set out for South America, including the Amazon River. When their plane crashes on the way to their next destination, they are stranded in a town in the middle of nowhere. Boats are infrequent and they would have to wait months for the next one. They decide to take a stranger's suggestion and build a raft to take them down the Amazon to their next destination, which, he assures them, will be easy. Ready for a new adventure, they are excited as they set off. Soon their excitement turns to horror and despair as a storm pushes their raft into a dead-end channel of the piranha-infested River Madre de Dios (Mother of God). Without the means of a motor or paddles, they wait for death as they slowly starve to death for twenty-six days. Only a chance encounter with two natives saves their lives.

"Human beings have inhabited the banks of the Amazon River since 13,000 BC and yet they make up just a small percentage of the 'population' of this geographic wonderland. The Amazon River basin teems with life--animal and plant alike. It's a rainforest that is home to an estimated 390 billion individual trees, 2.5 million species of insects, and hundreds of amazing creatures and plants that can either cure diseases, or, like the poison dart frog, kill with a single touch. 'Where Is the Amazon?' reveals the amazing scale of a single rainforest that we are still trying to understand today and that, in many ways, supports our existence on this planet"--Provided by publisher.

"Part science, part carnival--this winding adventure down the Amazon River ... explores how tiny fish, called piabas, can help preserve not only the rainforest and it's often misunderstood inhabitants, but the fate of our entire environment."--.

As a young doctor in the Amazon River Basin the reader is able to choose the various paths to help find the medical team that has disappeared in the area.

"Readers will journey down the amazing Amazon River in this exciting adventure. Beginning in Peru, readers will learn about ancient civilizations and exotic animals, as well as modern people and cities on the Amazon River"--Provided by publisher.

"Human beings have inhabited the banks of the Amazon River since 13,000 BC and yet they make up just a small percentage of the 'population' of this geographic wonderland. The Amazon River basin teems with life--animal and plant alike. It's a rainforest that is home to an estimated 390 billion individual trees, 2.5 million species of insects, and hundreds of amazing creatures and plants that can either cure diseases, or, like the poison dart frog, kill with a single touch. 'Where Is the Amazon?' reveals the amazing scale of a single rainforest that we are still trying to understand today and that, in many ways, supports our existence on this planet"--Provided by publisher.

Presents a chronicle of of fifty-two-year-old Martin Strel's record-breaking swim of 3,274 miles of the Amazon River, a feat that almost killed him as he fought off dehydration, exhaustion, piranhas, and more in an effort to call attention to issues of river pollution and deforestation.