Based on the Amazon and Amazon Basin
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| How long is the Amazon River? | 7000 km
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| What type of rainfall does the Amazon environment receive? | Convectional Rainfall
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| What interacting processes are there? | Climate, Soils, Vegetation and Relief
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| How has the Brazilian Governments perception of the Amazon changed overtime? | It has changed from the government believing the Amazon was unusable as it was unable tobe accessed, to now being accessible in which the government sees it as a way of making money
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| What Relief is there? | Peruvian Andes, Guyana Plateau and Brazilian Plateau
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| What sort of Vegetation is there? | Selva Rainforests, Savanna Grasslands
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| What type of Soils are there? | Varzea Soils and Laterite Soils
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| What is the Climate like? | Average daily temperature is 26 degrees Celsius and the average rainfall is 2000 mm
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| What type of tributaries come off of the Amazon River? | Black Water Tributaries (Rio Negro), Clear Water Tributaries and White Water Tributaries
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| What Fluvial processes are there? | Erosion, Deposition and Transportation
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| What Soil processes are there? | Leaching and Weathering
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| How were the Andes Mountains formed? | They were formed by the NAZCA tectonic plate and the American tectonic plate colliding, causing the ground above to fold upwards therefore forming the Andes
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| What direction does the Amazon River flow? | It flows west to east due to the ancient hard rock of the Brazilian and Guyana Plateaus (remnants of the ancient Gondwanaland) that lay north and south of the Amazon River
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| Where does Fluvial Erosion occur? | This occurred in the Andes Mountains, the material being transported and deposited in the Amazon Basin. Weathering at high altitudes also occurred
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| Why does the Amazon environment have such a warm climate? | It is a warm climate because of the environment being located 10 degrees and 5 degrees North and South of the equator.
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| What are Varzea Soils? | It is alluvial or alluvium found nearest the rivers
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| What are Latosol Soils? | Most of the Amazon Basin leached, red coloured due to iron content, when dried out become rocky substance called laterites
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| What are Ferrasols? | A type of laterite with bauxite
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