Amazonia Location And Deforestation

Question 1

How much land does the amazon cover?

Answer 1

2.1million miles squared

Question 2

Which river basin is the Amazon in and how much is in South America?

Answer 2

Amazon river basin, covers 40% of South America

Question 3

What is slash and burn?

Answer 3

Clearing and burning the forest

Question 4

What contributes more to deforestation subsidence or commercial farming?

Answer 4

Commercial farming

Question 5

What is logging?

Answer 5

Cutting down trees for sale as timber or pulp

Question 6

What is the name of the highway built in the amazon?

Answer 6

The trans Amazonian highway

Question 7

What minerals are extracted from mines in the amazon?

Answer 7

Iron, nickel, tin, beryllium, copper, lead, zinc and gold

Question 8

How many new dams are planned in the amazon and what type of energy do they produce?

Answer 8

150 dans

Hydro electric power

Question 9

How much power will the bell monte dam generate?

Answer 9

11,000 Mw

Question 10

What percentage did the population grow by from 2000-2010 in the amazon?

Answer 10

23%

Question 11

What is lost when the forest is cleared?

Answer 11

Biodiversity

Question 12

What releases CO2, contributing to climate change and and absorbs CO2?

Answer 12

Released by burning trees and absorbed by trees

Question 13

What are the soils like after deforestation?

Answer 13

Not fertile. Quickly exhausted, susceptible to soil erosion

Question 14

In 2005 what percentage of the amazon was lost as a result of deforestation?

Answer 14

17%