Amazon Rainforest | Plants, Animals, Climate, & Deforestation
WEBSep 14, 2024 · 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 …
Amazon basin - Wikipedia
WEBMost of the basin is covered by the Amazon rainforest, also known as Amazonia. With a 5.5 million km 2 (2.1 million sq mi) area of dense tropical forest, it is the largest rainforest in the world. Geography. The Amazon River begins in the Andes Mountains at the west of the basin with its main tributary the Marañón River and Apurimac River in Peru.
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] This region includes territory belonging to nine nations and 3,344 indigenous ...
Amazon basin | Description, Geography, Conservation, & Facts
WEBAug 26, 2024 · The Amazon basin includes roughly 60 percent of the world’s rainforest and harbors 10 percent of the planet’s known forms of life —including more than 40,000 plant species, 1,300 bird species, and several million species of …
The Amazon Rainforest - National Geographic Society
WEBThe Amazon Basin supports the world’s largest rainforest, which accounts for more than half the total volume of rainforests in the world. 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.
The Amazon Rainforest - WorldRainforests.com
WEBApr 4, 2024 · The Amazon is the world's biggest rainforest, larger than the next two largest rainforests — in the Congo Basin and Indonesia — combined. As of 2020, the Amazon has 526 million hectares of primary forest, which accounts for nearly 84% of the region's 629 million hectares of total tree cover.
Amazon Deforestation and Climate Change - National …
WEBAug 20, 2024 · The Amazon rain forest absorbs one-fourth of the CO2 absorbed by all the land on Earth. The amount absorbed today, however, is 30% less than it was in the 1990s because of deforestation. A major motive for deforestation is cattle ranching.
Amazon | Places | WWF - World Wildlife Fund
WEB2.7 million square miles in the Amazon basin, about 40% of South America. There is a clear link between the health of the Amazon and the health of the planet. The rain forests, which contain an estimated 150-200 billion tons of …
About the Amazon | WWF
WEBNot only does the Amazon encompass the single largest remaining tropical rainforest in the world, it also houses at least 10% of the world’s known biodiversity, including endemic and endangered flora and fauna, and its river accounts for 15-16% of the world’s total river discharge into the oceans.
Amazon Rainforest Facts | Britannica
WEBAmazon 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 reservoir, containing several million species.
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