Amazon rainforest
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The Amazon rainforest is the world’s largest tropical rainforest, renowned for its extraordinary biodiversity and critical role in regulating the global climate.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biome
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ecosystem → tropical rainforest → |
| borderedBy |
Andes Mountains
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Guiana Highlands → |
| contains |
indigenous communities
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millions of species of insects → numerous amphibian species → numerous bird species → numerous mammal species → numerous reptile species → tens of thousands of plant species → thousands of tree species → |
| countryLocatedIn |
Bolivia
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Brazil → Colombia → Ecuador → French Guiana → Guyana → Peru → Suriname → Venezuela → |
| describedAs |
world’s largest tropical rainforest
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| hasArea |
approximately 2.1 million square miles
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approximately 5.5 million square kilometers → |
| hasAverageAnnualRainfall |
approximately 2000 to 3000 millimeters
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| hasBiodiversityLevel |
very high
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| hasClimate |
humid tropical
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| hasNickname |
lungs of the Earth
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| hasRiver |
Amazon River
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| hasRole |
carbon sink
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regulating global climate → |
| hasVegetationType |
broadleaf evergreen forest
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| influences |
Atlantic Ocean moisture transport
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South American rainfall patterns → global carbon cycle → |
| knownFor |
extraordinary biodiversity
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| locatedIn |
Amazon Basin
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South America → |
| partOf |
Earth
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Earth’s major carbon sinks → Neotropical realm → |
| threatenedBy |
agricultural expansion
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cattle ranching → climate change → deforestation → logging → mining → |
| traversedBy |
Amazon River
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