Amazon region

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The Amazon region is a vast tropical rainforest and river basin in South America, renowned for its unparalleled biodiversity and critical role in regulating the global climate.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Amazon region canonical 4

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region
river basin
tropical rainforest
borderedBy Andes Mountains NERFINISHED
Brazilian Highlands NERFINISHED
Guiana Shield NERFINISHED
climateType tropical
contains extensive river network
numerous endemic species
world’s largest tropical rainforest
drainedBy Amazon River NERFINISHED
hasBiodiversityLevel megadiverse
hasBiome tropical moist broadleaf forest
hasConservationIssue biodiversity loss
forest fragmentation
hasEcosystemService carbon sequestration
freshwater regulation
oxygen production
hasPart Amazon River basin NERFINISHED
Amazon rainforest NERFINISHED
hasVegetationType evergreen broadleaf forest
flooded forest
savanna
inhabitedBy indigenous peoples
riverine communities
knownFor high biodiversity
large river system
tropical rainforest ecosystem
locatedIn South America
partlyLocatedIn Brazilian Amazon NERFINISHED
Colombian Amazon NERFINISHED
Peruvian Amazon NERFINISHED
partOf Neotropical realm NERFINISHED
playsRoleIn global carbon cycle
global climate regulation
hydrological cycle
spansCountry Bolivia NERFINISHED
Brazil NERFINISHED
Colombia NERFINISHED
Ecuador NERFINISHED
French Guiana NERFINISHED
Guyana NERFINISHED
Peru NERFINISHED
Suriname NERFINISHED
Venezuela NERFINISHED
threatenedBy agricultural expansion
climate change
deforestation
illegal logging
mining

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Referenced by (4)

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

Amapá locatedIn Amazon region
Apalaí language spokenIn Amazon region
Belém do Pará partOf Amazon region
Maina spokenIn Amazon region