7 Geography Amy-Grace Sutherland the Amazon River by https://padlet.com/asutherland21/7geoassingment1 made with hard work en-us 2016-08-09 02:15:43 UTC 2026-01-30 03:40:18 UTC hello@padlet.com The Amazon River asutherland21 https://padlet.com/asutherland21/7geoassingment1/wish/118083556 The Amazon River is the second largest river in the world and is significant to South America. The Amazon River's mouth starts at the Atlantic Ocean.  Running off the mouth of the Amazon River is it's delta, the delta goes through Earnestine wetlands and is coastal to Brazil, French Surinam, Guiana and Venezuela. The Amazon River holds 60 million gallons of water. The Rivers basin covers forty percent of South America's countries. The Amazon River is 6,992 km long and flows through many different countries such as Peru, Bolivia, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador and Brazil. The Amazon River is significant because it is used for reasons such as food, drinking, travel and scientific discovery. 

]]> 2016-08-12 04:28:17 UTC https://padlet.com/asutherland21/7geoassingment1/wish/118083556 Social Value  asutherland21 https://padlet.com/asutherland21/7geoassingment1/wish/118083603 The Amazon River was discovered in November, 1541 by the European explorer Francisco de Orellana, although the river people had first discovered the Amazon River thousands of years before them.The people that live on the river are called river people. There are now twenty million river people living on the Amazon River including four hundred different tribes'.  Ever since the Amazon River was discovered by the Europeans it has significantly helped the people that live locally, by being a water source and food resource. The Rivers fresh water can be used for drinking, washing, watering crops and travel. Many people that live on the Amazon River make canoes for travelling out of the trees that grow along the river side. These canoes are used for fishing and different agriculture, depending on the different tribes' using it. After the indigenous tribes living on the river for thousands of years they have made houses that suit the rivers floods. It is easy for the river people to access food as the Amazon River has a great variety of fish.The River has more than 5,600 species of fish which helps attract tourists. This is why the the Amazon river has significantly helped the people that live locally.

]]> 2016-08-12 04:29:16 UTC https://padlet.com/asutherland21/7geoassingment1/wish/118083603 Cultral Value asutherland21 https://padlet.com/asutherland21/7geoassingment1/wish/118192450 The indigenous tribes' have a long connection with the Amazon River. Culture is variations and relations with a space or places for example the River people and the Amazon river. The river people have lived there for thousands of years, depending on cultural and spiritual beliefs. The number of population has been significantly increasing over the years as there is 423,367,696 people living in South America and increasing every eight seconds. One of the rituals that is preformed in the Amazon is called The Ayahuasca ceremony. This is when you drink and cup of tea which is called Hallucinatory  which is also known as “vine of the souls”.It is apparently the closest you will ever get to another planet.
The Amazon forest provides food, shelter, tools and medicines, as well as playing a crucial role in people's spiritual and cultural life. there for thousands of years,]]> 2016-08-14 04:00:23 UTC https://padlet.com/asutherland21/7geoassingment1/wish/118192450 Economic Value asutherland21 https://padlet.com/asutherland21/7geoassingment1/wish/118531080 The Amazon River is worth $116291225220 Australian dollars and provides jobs for around 154,500 employees. There are many different industries that work and rely on the Amazon River such as cruise lines, trading, tourism and scientific discovery. The Amazon River is one of the best places to trade. The Amazon River allows other countries to exchange serves and goods with its surrounding countries.  The River is very important to South America as it has significantly impacted its income .

]]> 2016-08-17 05:30:45 UTC https://padlet.com/asutherland21/7geoassingment1/wish/118531080 Protected areas of the Amazon asutherland21 https://padlet.com/asutherland21/7geoassingment1/wish/118531334 2016-08-17 05:36:53 UTC https://padlet.com/asutherland21/7geoassingment1/wish/118531334 asutherland21 https://padlet.com/asutherland21/7geoassingment1/wish/118531426 2016-08-17 05:39:16 UTC https://padlet.com/asutherland21/7geoassingment1/wish/118531426 Environmental Issue asutherland21 https://padlet.com/asutherland21/7geoassingment1/wish/119749180 One of the most significant environmental issues the Amazon River suffers from is deforestation, which is usually caused by human activity. Kapok trees are one of the many trees that have been extinct due to logging and cattle ranching for livestock and construction. Cattle ranching is when a landscape is cleared to make a ranch to raise animals such as sheep, cows and pigs for there meat or coats. Deforestation has impacted many animals and river tribes habitats and their way of living. Floodplains have also been deforested between 1970-2008. People in Brazil, Colombia and Peru have created ways to help prevent deforestation like making natural parks reserved for wild life, indigenous territories and creating fundraisers to get money to help find ways to discover solutions for deforestation. Deforestation has impacted the ecosystem and stopping animals way of living. 

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]]> 2016-08-26 04:12:27 UTC https://padlet.com/asutherland21/7geoassingment1/wish/119973222 This is a picture of some river people infront of their house asutherland21 https://padlet.com/asutherland21/7geoassingment1/wish/120464184 2016-08-30 02:37:33 UTC https://padlet.com/asutherland21/7geoassingment1/wish/120464184 asutherland21 https://padlet.com/asutherland21/7geoassingment1/wish/120489330 2016-08-30 07:04:39 UTC https://padlet.com/asutherland21/7geoassingment1/wish/120489330 This is the canoes that the River people have made from the trees along the Amazon River asutherland21 https://padlet.com/asutherland21/7geoassingment1/wish/121256640 2016-09-02 04:31:12 UTC https://padlet.com/asutherland21/7geoassingment1/wish/121256640 asutherland21 https://padlet.com/asutherland21/7geoassingment1/wish/121257817 2016-09-02 04:51:25 UTC https://padlet.com/asutherland21/7geoassingment1/wish/121257817 asutherland21 https://padlet.com/asutherland21/7geoassingment1/wish/121551174 2016-09-05 07:23:57 UTC https://padlet.com/asutherland21/7geoassingment1/wish/121551174 This is hallucinatory that is a plant/vine which is put into the tea and is used for the Ayahuasca ceremory. asutherland21 https://padlet.com/asutherland21/7geoassingment1/wish/121664907 2016-09-06 02:41:33 UTC https://padlet.com/asutherland21/7geoassingment1/wish/121664907 asutherland21 https://padlet.com/asutherland21/7geoassingment1/wish/121991140 2016-09-07 02:41:03 UTC https://padlet.com/asutherland21/7geoassingment1/wish/121991140 asutherland21 https://padlet.com/asutherland21/7geoassingment1/wish/121991266 2016-09-07 02:42:14 UTC https://padlet.com/asutherland21/7geoassingment1/wish/121991266 asutherland21 https://padlet.com/asutherland21/7geoassingment1/wish/121991459 2016-09-07 02:43:50 UTC https://padlet.com/asutherland21/7geoassingment1/wish/121991459 asutherland21 https://padlet.com/asutherland21/7geoassingment1/wish/122003978 2016-09-07 05:14:03 UTC https://padlet.com/asutherland21/7geoassingment1/wish/122003978