Explanation

The Amazon rain forest is a moist brodleaf forest that covers most of the Amazon basin of South America. This region includes territory belonging to nine nations. The majority of the forest is contained within Brazil, with 60% of the rain forest, followed by Peru with 13% and with minor amounts in Columbia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia, Guyana, Surinam and French Guyana. States or departments in four nations bear the name Amazonas after it. The Amazon represents over half of the planet’s remaining rain forests and comprises the largest and most species rich tract of tropical rain forest in the world.