- Amazon rainforest - Wikipedia
The Amazon rainforest, [a] also called the Amazon jungle or Amazonia, is a moist broadleaf tropical rainforest in the Amazon biome that covers most of the Amazon basin of South America
- Amazon Rainforest | Plants, Animals, Climate, Deforestation | Britannica
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 reservoir, containing several million species
- The Amazon Rainforest - Education
Mining, logging, ranching, agriculture, and oil and gas extraction have put unsustainable pressure on the delicate rain forests of the Amazon Basin Use this infographic to teach your students about Amazonia, also known as the Amazon rainforest ecosystem
- Here are our top facts about the Amazon | WWF
The vast and vibrant Amazon rainforest is the largest rainforest in the world, and it plays a critical role in our fight against climate change Here are our top facts about this magical place
- The Amazon Rainforest - WorldRainforests. com
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 Rainforest | The Nature Conservancy
The Amazon is the largest remaining tropical rainforest on Earth, home to nearly one-third of the planet’s plants and animals
- A new ‘hypertropical’ climate is emerging in the Amazon
The Amazon rainforest is slowly transitioning to a new, hotter climate with more frequent and intense droughts — conditions that haven’t been seen on Earth for tens of millions of years The conclusions come from a new study led by the University of California, Berkeley, involving a large team of national and international scientists If society continues to emit high levels of greenhouse
- The Amazon Rainforest | World Wildlife Fund
The 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
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