THE AMAZON RAINFOREST

The Amazon rainforest is the largest remaining tropical rainforest in the world. Known as "Oriente", it covers more than half the area of Ecuador, located in the Eastern Cordillera of the Andes. In its incredible biodiversity is one of the wildest, most wildlife packed rain forest on the planet with a greater density of plants and animals.

A tree of the Amazon can host more ant species across England, a hectare of forest boasts the largest number of frogs of all species such as North America, and the vast extent of forest contains more than twenty percent of land species of vascular plants. Upper Amazon is the greatest diversity of trees outside world, with over 1500 species and an average of about 300 trees per hectare.

Birdwatchers can observe that about 100 birds per day, the smallest hummingbird to the great king vulture and the largest bird of prey, the harpy eagle famous. The forest is also home to various types of mammals, for example, 12 species of primates are recorded in the Yasuni National Park. Sometimes, a jaguar can be observed along the river as often as other capybaras, tapirs, caimans, river otters and dolphins.

Amazon Tours, Ecuador Amazon Basin, Amazon River Basin, the Amazon flows ToursTrough one-sixth of all freshwater on earth and all the rivers of Ecuador river tributary of the vast Amazon River.

Both rivers are classified into different types, mud brown "whitewater" rivers like the Napo river and "black water" river system and the number of Lagartococha or Cuyabeno area.

In a series of marked trails guides explain to visitors the different types of forests. The terra firme (upland) contains the greatest diversity of forest plants, including the river is the "Várzea" (seasonally flooded forest), swamps are home to a large part of Mauritius and palm "igapó" forest (the time black water floodplain forests) again undergoes a variety of different trees.

The rainforest is home to nearly 200 distinct nations. In Ecuador, there are culturally different groups Kichwa, Siona, Secoya, Cofán, Shuar, Achuar, Huaorani and Zaparo wild.

Yasuni National Park, Ecuador national parks, Amazon BasinThey are former guards and custodians of this biological heritage. They live in the forest and learn all the useful medicinal plants and their home.

Unfortunate the Amazon basin is also rich in industrial products which are exploited on a large scale, such as latex, wood, oil, gold and other minerals. The settlers are also a major threat to forests and hunting pressure on wildlife that set back deeper into the forest.

Some national parks are trying to protect the last tracts of primary tropical forest undisturbed. Founded in 1979, the Yasuni National Park is the largest park in mainland Ecuador (982,000 hectares) and UNESCO has declared an International Biosphere Reserve in the same year.

Northern Yasuní National Park, there are animals Cuyabeno Reserve, has done well in 1979 and covers an area of 655.78 hectares. It has become an important reserve for its 14 spectacular lagoons created by the rainforest of floodplain and many rivers traversing the area.

Most flats are located in or near the Park and Reserve and their enormous biodiversity unmatched.