Amazon River for Natural Wonder

February 12th, 2008

The Amazon River is being proposed as one of the Natural Wonders of the World. The candidature of the World’s largest river in terms of water volume will be endorsed by Peru’s Loreto region, through its Department of Foreign Trade, Tourism and Handicrafts.

The Amazon river bathes the largest rainforest on Earth, the Amazon Rainforest, which accounts for more than half of the planet’s remaining tropical forests, and shelters more than 1/3 of all species in the world, including 1.300 species of birds, 10% of Earth’s mammals, and 15% of land-based plant species.

Entry Filed under: Uncategorized