Amazon rainforest is the largest tropical rainforest in the world. Located in northern South America, it occupies almost one-third of the South American continent.
Most of the forest lies in Brazil, though it reaches into eight other countries as well. The rainforest is made up of broad-leaved trees, flowering shrubs, and vines.
The Amazon is believed to contain over half of the world’s plant and animal species. A very important of the ecosystem, the Amazon rainforest contains trees and plants that human breath by changing carbon dioxide into oxygen. For this reason the Amazon rainforest is often called the ‘lungs of the planet earth’.
Almost 50% of modern rainforest area lies within the Amazon drainage basin, forming the largest continuous are of tropical forest on the planet. The vegetation of Amazonia is important to regional and global hydrological budgets and climate.
Amazon River is the second longest rover in the world – about 4000 miles. It contains of Earth’s freshwater. A vast rain forest makes up more than two thirds of the Amazon River’s drainage basin.
The river stream and tributaries flow though Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia and the three Guyanas.
The river and the rainforest are inseparable. The Amazon rainforest is as diverse as the Amazon basin is large and vast areas remain unexplored and scientifically unresearched.
The Amazon rainforest
