The Amazon River | WWF
The Amazon River has its source high in the Peruvian Andes, at an elevation of 5,598 m. There, at a mere 192 km from the Pacific Ocean where it once flowed into, the Amazon River begins as a small tributary called the Carhuasanta.
State of the Amazon: Freshwater Connectivity and Ecosystem Health
Apr 11, 2015 · State of the Amazon: Freshwater Connectivity and Ecosystem Health provides a comprehensive assessment of the current state of Amazon freshwater ecosystems and highlights the importance of hydrological connectivity and land-water interactions in maintaining the ecological functions that support water, food and energy security.
The Amazon and Water
Freshwater species in the Amazon most commonly include fish, crustaceans, mollusks and insect larvae and are food sources for a number of aquatic animals. Freshwater fish are also eaten by land-dwelling salamanders, mammals and birds.
There's a Hidden Water Cycle in The Amazon We Barely
Jun 9, 2024 · Earth's largest remaining tract of tropical rainforest is kept alive by a complex water cycle that we're only just beginning to understand. Yet our activities are changing it before we can see the full picture, a new report finds.
Amazon freshwater ecosystems and highlights the importance of hydrological connectivity and land-water interactions in maintaining the ecological functions that support water, food and energy security.
Amazon - National Geographic Society
The Perpetual Planet Amazon Expedition is providing a one-of-a-kind comprehensive study of the critical freshwater ecosystem within the largest rainforest on Earth — the Amazon Rainforest.
Protecting the Amazon Rainforest and River Basin - The Nature Conservancy
Nov 28, 2023 · Despite its critical importance to the planet, the Amazon faces unprecedented threats. Hydroelectric dams, invasive species and pollution continue to degrade its waters. Mining and urban sprawl stress rainforest ecosystems, but no threat outweighs rampant deforestation.
The role of rivers in the origin and future of Amazonian …
4 days ago · The Amazon biome contains more species than any other region on Earth 1. ... as well as freshwater invertebrates and possible marine invertebrates in specific stratigraphic levels 55,56,57.
About the Amazon | WWF
Not only does the Amazon encompass the single largest remaining tropical rainforest in the world, it also houses at least 10% of the world’s known biodiversity, including endemic and endangered flora and fauna, and its river accounts for 15-16% of …
Restoring the Amazon basin ecosystems: From promises to action
Jan 10, 2025 · Restoration has become a cornerstone of global environmental policies, addressing the accelerating environmental degradation, severe biodiversity loss, and the climate crisis. Initiatives such as Initiative 20×20 and the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration align with Target 2 of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KM-GBF), which aims to restore at least 30% of ...