The Amazon: What Everyone Needs to Know(r)

by Mark J Plotkin and Mark J. Plotkin

Book Overview

The Amazon is a land of superlatives. The complex ecosystem covers an area about the size of the continental U.S. The Amazon River discharges 57 million gallons of water per second--in two hours, this would be enough to supply all of New York City's 7.5 million residents with water for a year. Its flora and fauna are abundant. Approximately one of every four flowering plant species on earth resides in the Amazon. A single Amazonian river may contain...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190668288
• ISBN13: 9780190668280
• Release Date: March 2020
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.2"