The Amazon Basin receives about 2,300 mm of rain per year, generating 20% of the world's river-flow to the ocean.

The Amazon rainforest is often called the lungs of the Earth.

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Some trees can communicate with each other using underground fungal networks.

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Jellyfish have existed for hundreds of millions of years.

Fact #117 · Nature

Some volcanoes can erupt underwater without anyone noticing.

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The Carboniferous period had vast swamp forests.

Fact #691 · Nature

Mudslides can be triggered by heavy rainfall.

Fact #838 · Nature

Flash floods can occur within minutes of heavy rainfall.

Fact #823 · Nature

Some species of jellyfish glow in the dark.

Fact #357 · Nature