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Let’s Connect

Brazil: Connected to All of South America?

Being the largest country in South

America and the fth largest

country in the world, Brazil has

borders with all of the countries in

the continent except for only two:

Chile and Ecuador. This makes it the

country with the third longest

border in the world after China and

Russia.

The Amazon Rainforest: A World Helper?

The Amazon rainforest is one of the

reasons Earth is a healthy place. It helps

produce 20% of the oxygen of the

Earth. It is home to over 2.5 million

species of insects, 2000 sh species,

and 427 mammal species. Also, one in

every ve birds on Earth exist in the

Amazon rainforest.

Amazon rainforest in Brazil
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