World’s Dangerous Forest

World’s Dangerous Forest 

Amazon

 Amazon is a moist broad leaf forest that covers most of the Amazon Basin of South America .The major part located in Brazil while the rest in Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia, Guyana, Suriname, France Words second largest river, Amazon  also located here while Nile river  in Africa is the longest in the world.. The region is home to about 2.5 million insect species tens of thousands of plants, and some 2,000 birds and mammals. To date, at least 40,000 plant species, 2,200 fishes,1,294 birds, 427 mammals, 428 amphibians, and 378 reptiles have been scientifically classified in the region.One in five of all the bird species in the world live in the rainforests of the Amazon, and one in five of the fish species live in Amazonian rivers and streams. 

The biodiversity of plant species is the highest on Earth with some experts estimating that one square kilometer (247 acres) may contain more than a thousand types of trees and thousands of species of other higher plants

To date, an estimated 438,000 species of plants of economic and social interest have been registered in the region with many more remaining to be discovered or catalogued. The green leaf area of plants and trees in the rainforest varies by about 25% as a result of seasonal changes. Leaves expand during the dry season when sunlight is at a maximum, then undergo abscission in the cloudy wet season. These changes provide a balance of carbon between photosynthesis and respiration.

The rainforest contains several species that can pose a hazard. Among the largest predatory creatures are the black caiman, jaguar, cougar, and anaconda.Most of the snakes are highly venom. In the river, electric eels can produce an electric shock that can stun or kill, while piranha are known to bite and injure humans. Various species of poison dart frogs secrete lipophilic alkaloid toxins through their flesh. There are also numerous parasites and disease vectors. Vampire bats dwell in the rainforest and can spread the rabies virus.Malaria, yellow fever and Dengue fever can also be contracted in the Amazon region. Clearly ,Amazon Rainforest is not a place for jungle trekking nor camping!!

Sundarbans

Sundarbans  forest is the largest  halophytic mangrove forest in the world. It located in   India and Bangladesh. This region is densely covered by mangrove forests, and is one of the largest reserves for the Bengal tiger. Sundarbans is a largest single tracts of mangrove forests of the world. Situated mostly in Bangladesh, a small portion of it lies in India. 

The Indian part of the forest is estimated to be about 19%, while the Bangladeshi part is 81%. To the south the forest meets the Bay of Bengal; to the east it is bordered by the Baleswar River and to the north there is a sharp interface with intensively cultivated land. 

The natural drainage in the upstream areas, other than the main river channels, is everywhere impeded by extensive embankments and polders. Variety of wildlife habitats have developed which include beaches, estuaries, permanent and semi-permanent swamps, tidal flats, tidal creeks, coastal dunes, back dunes and levees. 

The mangrove vegetation itself assists in the formation of new landmass and the intertidal vegetation plays a significant role in swamp morphology. 

The Congo Rainforest

The Congo forest is the world’s second largest tropical forest, covering 700,000 square miles (1,800,000 km2) situated in the heart of the African tropics and containing a quarter of the world’s remaining tropical forest. It  cover southeastern Cameroon, eastern Gabon, the northern and central Republic of the Congo, and the northern and central Democratic Republic of the Congo, and portions of southern and southwestern Central African Republic. 

To the north and south, the forests transition to drier forest-savanna mosaic, a mosaic of drier forests, savannas, and grasslands. To the west, the Congolian forests transition to the coastal Lower Guinean forests, which extend from western Gabon and Cameroon into southern Nigeria and Benin; these forests zones share many similarities, and are sometimes known as the Lower Guinean-Congolian forests.

 To the east, the lowland Congolian forests transition to the highland Albertine Rift montane forests, which cover the Mountains lining the Albertine Rift, a branch of the East African Rift system. The Congolian Forests are a global 200 ecoregion. The Democratic Republic of the The Congolian Forests is a vast tropical rainforest is a true natural treasure, home to over a thousand species of plants and hundreds of species of mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians.