Amazon rainforest - Wikipedia
WEBThe Amazon rainforest, [a] also called Amazon jungle or Amazonia, is a moist broadleaf tropical rainforest in the Amazon biome that covers most of the Amazon basin of South America. This basin encompasses 7,000,000 km 2 (2,700,000 sq mi), [2] of which 6,000,000 km 2 (2,300,000 sq mi) are covered by the rainforest. [3]
Amazon biome - Wikipedia
WEBThe Amazon biome (Portuguese: Bioma Amazônia) contains the Amazon rainforest, an area of tropical rainforest, and other ecoregions that cover most of the Amazon basin and some adjacent areas to the north and east.
Amazon Rainforest | Plants, Animals, Climate, & Deforestation
WEB6 days ago · Amazon Rainforest, large tropical rainforest occupying the Amazon basin in northern South America and covering an area of 2,300,000 square miles (6,000,000 square km). It is the world’s richest and most-varied biological …
Amazônia National Park - Wikipedia
WEBThe Amazônia National Park (Portuguese: Parque Nacional da Amazônia) was created in 1974, as a national park comprising 1,070,737 ha. It is situated in Itaituba and Trairão municipalities, Pará state, in the north region of Brazil.
AMAZONIA - Conservation International
WEBAmazonia is the largest tropical rainforest and river basin in the world, crucial to sustaining life on Earth. © Pete Oxford/iLCP. Facts about Amazonia. 10% of all known species. The forests of Amazonia host the richest biodiversity of any terrestrial ecosystem on Earth. 20% of all freshwater flows on the planet.
Amazon | Places | WWF - World Wildlife Fund
WEBThe Amazon is a vast biome that spans eight rapidly developing countries—Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, and Suriname—and French Guiana, an overseas territory of France. The landscape contains.
Amazonia- 8 facts you need to know - Conservation International
WEBThe Amazon rainforest is the largest tropical forest in the world — spanning nine countries and home to more than 30 million people. The region influences global weather and stores massive amounts of carbon — making it critical in the fight against climate change.
The Amazon Rainforest - National Geographic Society
WEBThe Amazon Rainforest. Occupying much of Brazil and Peru, and also parts of Guyana, Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia, Suriname, French Guiana, and Venezuela, the Amazon River Basin is the world’s largest drainage system.
Amazonia – Travel guide at Wikivoyage
WEBAmazonia (sometimes called Pan-Amazonia) is a huge region covering about 40% of the South American continent. It encompasses most of northern Brazil, parts of northern Bolivia, eastern Peru, eastern Ecuador, southeastern Colombia, southern Venezuela, southern Guyana, southern Suriname and southern French Guiana.
Amazonia National Park | national park, Brazil | Britannica
WEBAmazonia National Park, Park, north-central Brazil, about halfway between the cities of Manaus and Belém, along the Tapajós River. Established in 1974, it has gradually expanded to cover about 3,300 sq mi (8,600 sq km) …