Amazon Basin

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drainage basin geographical region tropical region

The Amazon Basin is the vast tropical drainage region of the Amazon River in South America, encompassing the world’s largest rainforest and one of the most biodiverse ecosystems on Earth.

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All labels observed (23)

Label Occurrences
Amazon Basin canonical 146
Amazon basin 33
Amazon River basin 32

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf drainage basin ⓘ
geographical region ⓘ
tropical region ⓘ
area approximately 2700000 square miles ⓘ
approximately 7000000 square kilometres ⓘ
biodiversityStatus one of the most biodiverse regions on Earth ⓘ
biome tropical rainforest ⓘ
borderedBy Andes ⓘ
surface form: Andes Mountains

Brazilian Highlands ⓘ
Guiana Shield ⓘ
carbonRole major global carbon sink ⓘ
climate tropical ⓘ
contains Amazon rainforest ⓘ
indigenous territories ⓘ
protected areas ⓘ
world’s largest tropical rainforest ⓘ
country Bolivia ⓘ
Brazil ⓘ
Colombia ⓘ
Ecuador ⓘ
French Guiana ⓘ
British Guiana ⓘ
surface form: Guyana

Peru ⓘ
Suriname ⓘ
Venezuela ⓘ
drainageAreaOf Amazon River ⓘ
surface form: Amazon River system
drainedBy Amazon River ⓘ
ecosystemType humid tropical forest ecosystem ⓘ
hasFeature extensive river network ⓘ
seasonally flooded forests ⓘ
vast wetlands ⓘ
hasPart Amazon River ⓘ
Japurá River ⓘ
surface form: Japurá River basin

Madeira River ⓘ
surface form: Madeira River basin

Marañón River ⓘ
surface form: Marañón River basin

Negro River basin ⓘ
Purus River ⓘ
surface form: Purus River basin

Tapajós River basin ⓘ
Ucayali River ⓘ
surface form: Ucayali River basin

Xingu River ⓘ
surface form: Xingu River basin
hydrologicalRole key component of global water cycle ⓘ
knownFor extreme biodiversity ⓘ
largest river discharge in the world ⓘ
locatedOnContinent South America ⓘ
partOf Amazonia ⓘ
threatenedBy agricultural expansion ⓘ
climate change ⓘ
deforestation ⓘ
mining ⓘ
timeZone UTC−05:00 to UTC−03:00 (various parts) ⓘ

Referenced by (240)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Amazon rainforest → locatedIn → Amazon Basin ⓘ
Napo River → partOf → Amazon Basin ⓘ
Amazon River → basin → Amazon Basin ⓘ
Amazon River → region → Amazon Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Amazonia
Americas → containsSubregion → Amazon Basin ⓘ
European colonization of the Americas → location → Amazon Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Amazon basin
Ecuador Rain Forest → geographicFocus → Amazon Basin ⓘ
Pando → locatedIn → Amazon Basin ⓘ
Beni → locatedIn → Amazon Basin ⓘ
Arawakan languages → region → Amazon Basin ⓘ
Kichwa people → locatedIn → Amazon Basin ⓘ
Sciurillinae → distribution → Amazon Basin ⓘ
supercontinent Columbia (Nuna) → containsCraton → Amazon Basin ⓘ
subject surface form: Columbia
this entity surface form: Amazonia
El Dorado (legendary city of gold) → associatedWith → Amazon Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Amazon basin
Pastaza Province → partOf → Amazon Basin ⓘ
Shuar people → region → Amazon Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Upper Amazon Basin
Morona-Santiago Province → partOf → Amazon Basin ⓘ
Loreto Region of Peru → locatedIn → Amazon Basin ⓘ
subject surface form: Loreto Region
Urubamba River → partOf → Amazon Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Amazon River basin
Neotropical realm → includesRegion → Amazon Basin ⓘ
Amazon Rising → exhibitTheme → Amazon Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Amazon River basin
Colombian Amazon region → partOf → Amazon Basin ⓘ
Antisuyu → borders → Amazon Basin ⓘ
Penelope → distributionRegion → Amazon Basin ⓘ
Nothocrax → nativeTo → Amazon Basin ⓘ
subject surface form: Nothocrax urumutum
Bagassa → distributionRegion → Amazon Basin ⓘ
The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon → setting → Amazon Basin ⓘ
Fawcett → notableExpeditionLocation → Amazon Basin ⓘ
subject surface form: Percy Fawcett
Lost Trails, Lost Cities → hasSetting → Amazon Basin ⓘ
Pipile → distributionRegion → Amazon Basin ⓘ
Casiquiare canal → connectsRiverBasin → Amazon Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Amazon River basin
Casiquiare canal → partOf → Amazon Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Amazon River system
Casiquiare canal → locatedIn → Amazon Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Amazon basin
Napo Province → locatedInRegion → Amazon Basin ⓘ
Coca River → partOf → Amazon Basin ⓘ
Aguarico River → locatedIn → Amazon Basin ⓘ
America → contains → Amazon Basin ⓘ
Atlas géographique et physique du Nouveau Continent → depicts → Amazon Basin ⓘ
Curaray River → locatedIn → Amazon Basin ⓘ
Curaray River → partOf → Amazon Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Amazon River basin
Curaray River → hydrologicalSystem → Amazon Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Amazon River system
Yasuní River → partOf → Amazon Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Amazon River basin
Manaus → isRegionalCenterFor → Amazon Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Amazon basin
Guiana Shield → borderedBy → Amazon Basin ⓘ
Brazilian Highlands → drainageDivideFor → Amazon Basin ⓘ
Santarém → region → Amazon Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lower Amazon
Ucayali–Marañón confluence → partOf → Amazon Basin ⓘ
Ucayali–Marañón confluence → partOf → Amazon Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Amazon River headwaters region
Andean region → borders → Amazon Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Amazon basin
Rio Negro → riverSystem → Amazon Basin ⓘ