09 - Amazon case study

Question 1

What area does the Amazon rainforest occupy?

Answer 1

6,000,000 km2

Question 2

What is the length of the Amazon River?

Answer 2

6692km

Question 3

% of all tropical rainforest in the world found in the Amazon:

Answer 3

50%

Question 4

What is the Net Primary Productivity (the balance of carbon stored in vegetation):

Answer 4

2200g/m2/yr

Question 5

% of rainforest lost to deforestation since 1970

Answer 5

20%

Question 6

Amount of world’s carbon (on land) stored in soils and vegetation in Amazonia

Answer 6

25%