explain in our own words Amazon rainforest
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The Amazon rainforest, also known in English as Amazonia or the Amazon Jungle, is a moist broadleaf forest in the Amazon biome that covers most of the Amazon basin of South America. This basin encompasses 7,000,000 km2, of which 5,500,000 km2 are covered by the rainforest. This region includes territory belonging to nine nations. The 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 Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia, Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana. States or departments in four nations contain "Amazonas" in their names. The Amazon represents over half of the planet's remaining rainforests, and comprises the largest and most biodiverse tract of tropical rainforest in the world, with an estimated 390 billion individual trees divided into 16,000 species.
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Most of the basin is covered by thick dense rainforest. It spreads over an area of about 6 million km2 of dense tropical forests-bigger than western Europe. This largest rainforest in the world is home to more than 3,00,000 plant species and two and a half million insect species.
Flora and Fauna -
a. The Amazon Basin is the largest fresh water reservoir spreading over 2-3 million km2 on the planet Earth.
b. It is home to -
√ The Amazonian water lily - the biggest flower.
√ The Caranguejeira spider - the largest spider.
√ A species of monkey , 130 gm in weight , which
is about the size of a tooth brush.
√ The greatest variety of plant species on the
Earth.
√ A wide variety of wildlife such as the ocelot ,
anteater monkeys , three-toed sloth , toucans ,
humming birds , amphibians as well as 57
endangered species including the Jaguar.
√ The Amazon river dolphin - the Bota.
√ Some species of snake like Boa constrictor
and Anaconda.
√ More than 3000 species of fish like the
Piranha and Electric Eel.
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