the Amazon in Brazil is
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The Amazon rainforest, covering much of northwestern Brazil and extending into Colombia, Peru and other South American countries, is the world’s largest tropical rainforest, famed for its biodiversity. It’s crisscrossed by thousands of rivers, including the powerful Amazon. River towns, with 19th-century architecture from rubber-boom days, include Brazil’s Manaus and Belém and Peru’s Iquitos and Puerto Maldonado.
Area: 5.5 million km²
Location: Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia, Guyana, Suriname, France (French Guiana)
Coordinates: Coordinates: 3°S 60°W / 3°S 60°W
Did you know: More than 20 percent of the Amazon rainforest is already gone, and much more is severely threatened as the destruction continues. rain-tree.com