The Amazon rainforest, is a broad leaf forest in the Amazon basin of South America. The region is located in the territory of nine countries, mainly Brazil (with 60% of rainforest), Peru (13%) and the rest of Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia, Guyana, Surinam and Guyana of France. It is considered a wonderful 'living paradise' of extremely rare and beautiful flora and fauna.
Here are some beautiful pictures of the Amazon forest:
The Amazon rainforest area covers an area of about 7 million square kilometers with a forest area of about 5.5 million square kilometers.(Photo: Youngcubs.com)
Amazon owns more than 1/10 of the species of plants and animals on Earth, including about 2.5 million insects, tens of thousands of plants.
The giant green Anaconda python straddling the tree is an image you can easily see while visiting the Amazon forest.
The Amazon River is the largest river in the world by volume with a total flow greater than the top ten rivers worldwide combined.
It accounts for about one fifth of the world's total river flow and has the largest drainage basin on the planet.
