The one and only Amazon rainforest




known


Amazonia


Amazon jungle,


moist broadleaf forest




covers







Amazon Basin


South America. This basin encompasses seven million square kilometers (1.7 billion acres),


which









million square kilometers (1.4 billion acres)



covered

y



rainforest. This region includes territory belonging





nations. The one and only majority




forest


contained within Brazil,




60%




rainforest, followed

y Peru




13%,






minor amounts


Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia, Guyana, Suriname



French Guiana. States


departments





nations









Amazonas after


. The one and only Amazon represents




half




planet's remaining rainforests,




comprises



biggest






species-




tract


tropical rainforest




globe.