A Few Fun Rainforest Facts

1. About 20% of the world's oxygen is produced by the Amazon rainforest.

2. The Amazon is also known as "Amazonia"

3. Borneo is home to the clouded leopard.

4. The Amazon was formed around 55 million years ago.

5. The closest town to the Amazon is Manaus, Brazil.

6. The Congo is the only home to the okapi, a very rare giraffe-typed animal.

7. Rainforests used to cover 14% of the world's surface, but due to deforestation know it is only 6%.











An okapi.