Amazon rainforest or Amazonia or the Amazon Jungle, is a moist broad leaf forest in the Amazon bio-me that covers most of the Amazon basin of South America.
Majority of the forest is contained within Brazil, with 60% of the rainforest, followed by Peru with 13%, Colombia with 10%, and with minor amounts in others.
The Amazon represents over half of the planet's remaining rainforests, and comprises the largest and most bio diverse tract of tropical rainforest in the world.
And most of the region remained free of savanna-type biomes at least until the current ice age, when the climate was drier and savanna more widespread.
Amazon rainforest or Amazonia or the Amazon Jungle, is a moist broad leaf forest in the Amazon bio-me that covers most of the Amazon basin of South America.
This basin encompasses 7,000,000 square kilometres of which 5,500,000 square kilometres are covered by the rainforest.
This region includes territory belonging to nine nations. States or departments in four nations contain "Amazonas" in their names.
Majority of the forest is contained within Brazil, with 60% of the rainforest, followed by Peru with 13%, Colombia with 10%, and with minor amounts in others.
The Amazon represents over half of the planet's remaining rainforests, and comprises the largest and most bio diverse tract of tropical rainforest in the world.
An estimated 390 billion individual trees divided into 16,000 species.
The rainforest has been in existence for at least 55 million years.
And most of the region remained free of savanna-type biomes at least until the current ice age, when the climate was drier and savanna more widespread.