A successful Reno, NV-based entrepreneur, Kyle Krch has been managing multiple businesses for over a decade. He has founded and managed Heartland Neighborhood Homes, Stone Wall Consultants, and Krch Realty. When he’s not working, Kyle Krch enjoys traveling and visiting the Amazon Rainforest.
The Amazon is a feature-rich destination consisting of the world’s largest rainforest, among the world’s longest rivers as well as the most diverse flora and fauna. Below are interesting facts about the Amazon Rainforest you may not know:
1. Covering over 5.5 million square kilometers, the Amazon tropical rainforest is so large that the entire United Kingdom and Ireland would fit into it 17 times.
2. Twenty-five percent of the western medicine pharmaceuticals in the market today rely on ingredients that originate from the Amazon rainforest.
3. The canopy of the Amazon Rainforest is so thick that the ground is often in permanent darkness and it takes approximately ten minutes for the rainwater to reach the ground.
4. The toucan which is a brightly colored arboreal fruit-eating bird that camouflages easily in the rainforest is the loudest creature in the Amazon.
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