Amazon Rainforest: 5 Interesting Facts

1. The Amazon Rainforest is the largest rainforest in the world.

2. It covers most of the Amazon Basin, and encompasses a jaw-dropping 1.7 billion acres.

3. The Amazon is an amazing 2,123,562 square miles big.

4. Approximately 438,000 species of plants are found in this jungle.

5. Deforestation of the Amazon has fortunately decreased dramatically since 2004.