Amazon Rainforest
The Amazon Rainforest is a term widely used to describe the moist broadleaf forests of the Amazon Basin, encompassing 7 million km2 (1.2 billion acres), with parts located within nine nations: Brazil (with 60% of the rainforest), Colombia, Peru, Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia, Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana. This forest represents over half of the planet's remaining rainforests. States or departments in four nations bear the name Amazonas for the Amazon.
The Amazon Basin
See Amazon Basin.
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The forest lies in a basin drained largely by the Amazon River, with 1100 tributaries. This basin was formed in the Palaeozoic period, between 500 and 200 million years ago.
Related Topics:
Amazon River - Tributaries - Palaeozoic
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~ Table of Content ~
| ► | Introduction |
| ► | The Amazon Basin |
| ► | Biodiversity |
| ► | Amazonian forests and carbon dynamics |
| ► | Environmentalism |
| ► | See also |
| ► | Notes |
| ► | External links |
| ► | References |
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