When you move to Brazil with IntlMOVE, you will have the opportunity to see the biggest rainforest in the world.

Brazil has so many things to offer like beautiful beaches, exciting nightlife, world class living and an amazing rainforest.

In fact, the Amazon Rainforest covers more than half of Brazil.

The Amazon Rainforest gets its name from the Amazon River, which is about 4,080 miles long.

It is the largest river system in the world

The rainforest gets about 9 feet or rain every year, most of which comes from the melted snow in the Peruvian Andes.

Although the Amazon Rainforest spreads across many countries in South America, about half of the rainforest is located in Brazil.

About 20 percent of the world’s oxygen is produced in the Amazon rainforest because the carbon dioxide is recycled into oxygen by the vegetation.

 The Amazon River, which runs through the Amazon Rainforest, is one mile wide at some points and can even be 35 miles wide at other points.

There is a point where the Amazon River meets the Atlantic Ocean and depending on the season, the river is 200 to 300 miles wide.

There are amazing sea creatures that make their home in this area of the river.

You can find freshwater river dolphins, piranha, manatees and the amazing pirarucu, which is an air breathing fish.

 Although the Amazon rainforest is virtually unexplored, scientists believe that the rainforest contains half of the world’s mammals.

Some of the mammals you will find in the rainforest are sloths, harpy eagles and howler monkeys.

There is such a diverse plant and animal life, that it would take many lifetimes to explore all species in the Amazon Rainforest.

There are four different layers of the rainforest and each layer has its own ecosystem.

The tallest layer is called the emergent layer.

In the emergent layer, trees can be as tall as 200 feet.

The trunks of these trees can be up to 16 feet in circumference.

 The next layer is the canopy layer is the main layer of all the trees.

The leaves of the canopy layer filter out about 80 percent of all sunlight. This layer is where most plants and fruits grow.

 The understory is just below the canopy layer and only gets about 2 to 5 percent of sunlight.

The plants and trees in this layer find unique ways to utilize the available sunlight.

The largest concentrations of insects reside in this layer of the Amazon Rainforest.

The bottom layer, also known as the forest floor, and almost no plants grow here.

Animals that live on this layer and do not climb can eat plants and flowers that grow on low hanging branches or on the trunks of the plants from the understory layer.

They also eat roots, tubers and insects.

 For centuries, Amazon Rainforest natives have used plants as medicine for their ailments.

Researchers are beginning to understand the significance of the rainforest.

More than 20 percent of the Amazon Rainforest has been destroyed.

Mining operations, cattle ranches, logging and agriculture are just some of the reasons for the cutting down of the forest.

When you move to Brazil, you can take many tours of the Amazon Rainforest and the Amazon River.

You will see many unique species of animals unlike any other in the world.

There are a lot of places to visits and a lot of things to do.

 Exploring the Amazon Rainforest is just one of the many benefits of moving to Brazil.

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If you are ready to move to Brazil and discover all that there is to do in the country, including visiting the Amazon Rainforest, contact IntlMOVE to ship your belongings to your new country.