Jau National Park, Brazil Fed by multiple waterways, Brazil’s Negro River is the Amazon River’s largest tributary. The mosiac of partially submerged islands visible in the channel disappears when rainy season downpours raise the water level.  This image was acquired by Landsat 7’s Enhanced Thematic Mapper plus (ETM+) sensor.

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       Videos of South American Forests

External Links

General:

• South America - Greenpeace International
   http://www.greenpeace.org/international/campaigns/forests/south-america 
• Mythinglinks: Indigenous Peoples of Latin America: South America
   http://www.mythinglinks.org/ip~southamerica.html 
• Amazon Ecology Program http://www.whrc.org/southamerica/index.htm 

Rainforest:

• South America Rainforest Portal
  http://www.rainforestweb.org/Rainforest_Information/Indigenous_Peoples/South_America/
• Rainforest Biome http://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/nceas-web/kids/biomes/rainforest.htm 
• Inferred longevity of Amazonian rainforest trees based on a long-term demographic study 
  http://trophort.com/information/data/B01/S09/LAU04INF1311589.html 
• Rainforests http://rainforests.mongabay.com/ 
• Ants, not evil spirits, create devil's gardens in the Amazon rainforest, study finds
   http://www.stanford.edu/dept/news/pr/2005/pr-devil-092805.html 
• A Rainforest Divided http://nasadaacs.eos.nasa.gov/articles/2005/2005_rainforest.html 
• Rainforest Conservation Fund http://www.rainforestconservation.org/ 
• Adopt a Rainforest:  Brazil http://www.rainforest-alliance.org/aar.cfm?id=brazil 
• Environmental Links: Rainforest  http://eelink.net/pages/Environmental+Links+-+Rainforest 
• Exploratiopnsm Inc. Rainforest Gallery
   http://www.explorationsinc.com/PhotoGallery/amazon-tours-rainforest-jungle/index.html 

Andes Mountains:

• Andes Mountains -- Encyclopædia Britannica http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9109562 
• Conservation International - The Andes
   http://www.conservation.org/xp/CIWEB/regions/neotropics/andes.xml 
• Terrestrial Ecoregions -- Venezuelan Andes montane forests (NT0175)
  http://www.nationalgeographic.com/wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/nt/nt0175.html
• Polylepis Forest - Polylepis spp.
  http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/polylepis_forest2.htm 
• Plants of the Andes http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/andes_plant_page.htm 
• The Many Trees of Ecuador http://www.ecuador-images.net/tree.htm 
• Monkey Puzzle Tree on Extinct List http://forestry.about.com/b/a/018424.htm 
• Cachalu/Eastern Andes, Colombia
   http://www.nature.org/wherewework/fieldguide/projectprofiles/gea.html 
• Cloud Forests of the Andes http://www.ecuador-images.net/forest.cloud.htm 
• Forgotten Forests of the High Andes http://www.plant-talk.org/stories/15andes.html 

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