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travel south america travelIs there rivers in the tropical rainforest?
Rainforest rivers. Due to the tremendous amountofrainfall they receive, tropical rainforests have some ofthelargest rivers in the world, like the Amazon,Mekong,Orinoco, and Congo. These mega-rivers are fed bycountlesssmaller tributaries, streams, and creeks.
Simply so, are there rivers in rainforests?
Tropical rainforests have some of thelargestrivers in the world, like the Amazon, Madeira,Mekong,Negro, Orinoco, and Congo (Zaire), because of the tremendousamountof precipitation their watersheds receive.Thesemega-rivers are fed by countless smallertributaries,streams, and creeks.
- Animals as Signs of Water. Animals can often lead youtowater.
- Water From Plants. Plants such as vines, roots and palmtreesare good sources of water.
- Vines. Vines with rough bark and shoots about 5centimetersthick can be a useful source of water.
- Roots.
- Palm Trees.
- Water From Condensation.
In respect to this, what is the location of the tropical rainforest?
The largest rainforests are in the AmazonRiverBasin (South America), the Congo River Basin (western Africa),andthroughout much of southeast Asia. Smaller rainforestsarelocated in Central America, Madagascar, Australia andnearbyislands, India, and other locations inthetropics.
Two Andean rivers, the Ucayali andMarañon,create the main stem of the Amazon inPeru. Itsultimate headwaters drop from Mismi, a peak in thePeruvian Andes,making its total length 4,250 miles -- possiblylonger than theNile, though debate continues.