The mighty Amazon River runs through the center of Brazil. A thick jungle stretches on both sides of the Amazon River. This jungle is known as the Great Amazon Rain Forest, and it is the largest tropical rain forest in the world.

The Great Amazon Rain Forest is wet and hot. The trees in it grow close together. To clear land for farming, local people are cutting many trees in the rain forest. Scientists are warning and asking them to stop, since rain forests are very important to the world’s climate. Besides, there are many rare plants and animals in the rain forest, and if the people do not stop cutting trees they will be lost forever.

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