Advanced Geography . ere are sluggish and the siltwhich they carry is very fine. In the rainy season the rivers inthe lowland generally rise thirty or forty feet and spread far andwide over the flood plain. Dense forests, called selvas, cover the lowlands of theAmazon basin. Long vines hang from the trees, and t W 60 THE GRAN CHACO AND THE PAMPAS. reeds and rushes grow in the wet soil, forming a networkso thick in some places that one cannot pass throughwithout first cutting a path. Tree ferns and palms in great variety grow in the beautiful birds live among the high tree tops. Les
Advanced Geography . ere are sluggish and the siltwhich they carry is very fine. In the rainy season the rivers inthe lowland generally rise thirty or forty feet and spread far andwide over the flood plain. Dense forests, called selvas, cover the lowlands of theAmazon basin. Long vines hang from the trees, and t W 60 THE GRAN CHACO AND THE PAMPAS. reeds and rushes grow in the wet soil, forming a networkso thick in some places that one cannot pass throughwithout first cutting a path. Tree ferns and palms in great variety grow in the beautiful birds live among the high tree tops. Lesson 101 describes some of the large animals of the selvas andof other parts of South America. Perhaps you would like to readthat lesson, but you need not study it at present. Many small tribes of Indians live near the banks ofthe streams. These natives catch fish in the rivers,and animals in the forest. Large rubber trees grow on the hot and damp banks of theAmazon. Deep cuts are made in the bark, and cups are placed. .(res of tlie Selvas. beneath them to catch the milky juice which oozes out. Whenheated in certain kinds of smoke, this juice dries, thickens, andforms rubber of a fine quality. Another kind of rubber tree grows on the plateau of outer layer of bark is stripped off to the height of aboutfive feet from the ground. The sap then runs out and hardens onthe tree. After a few days this rubber sap is ready for market. India rubber is made from the sap of many kinds of treesand shrubs that grow in nearly all hot and damp parts of theearth. Name some of the uses of rubber. Rosewood trees also grow in the selvas. The color of the woodis deep red-brown, with streaks of dark resin. Piano cases, chairs and tables are often carved in rosewood,because it takes such a fine polish. Wood that is used in makingchoice furniture is called cabinet wood. Many kinds of trees inBrazil supply cabinet wood. Several species of trees that abound in the selvas yield these
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