tropical plant

Amazon Interactive
Rainfall Comparison

 

  
rain gauge with 3' of rain

 

 

 

 

 

Quichua boy

rain gauge with 9' of rain

American
Midwest

 

Amazon
Rain Forest

The Midwest gets only two to four feet of precipitation a year.
That's less than half as much as the Amazon receives!


frog eating insect

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