explain the Amazon Basin in detail
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The Amazon basin is the part of South America drained by the Amazon River and its tributaries. The Amazon drainage basincovers an area of about 7,500,000 km2(2,900,000 sq mi), or roughly 40 percent of the South American continent. It is located in the countries of Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela.[1]
Most of the basin is covered by the Amazon Rainforest, also known as Amazonia. With a 5,500,000 km2 (2,100,000 sq mi) area of dense tropical forest, this is the largestrainforest in the world.
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