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Let’s Think
Amazon Rainforest Wild res
In August 2019, re erupted
in the Amazon rainforest
causing a lot of destruction
and harm to it. This has a
negative e ect on our
planet Earth in the long run.
How do you think we can
protect it from such res in
the future? What dangers
may happen to Earth if such
Amazon rainforest re re happens again?
South America without the Amazon River
The Amazon River is the
second largest river in the
world; sometimes people
refer to it as the “river sea.”
Many people have lived next
to its basin for thousands of
years. Would there be any big
di erence in how people live
in South America if there was
no Amazon River? Why?
76 Amazon River
