Amazon rainforest

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biome ecosystem tropical rainforest

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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All labels observed (11)

Label Occurrences
Amazon rainforest canonical 173
Brazilian Amazon 13
Amazon rainforest region 7

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf biome ⓘ
ecosystem ⓘ
tropical rainforest ⓘ
borderedBy Andes ⓘ
surface form: Andes Mountains

Guianas ⓘ
surface form: Guiana Highlands
contains indigenous communities ⓘ
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 ⓘ
Brazil ⓘ
Colombia ⓘ
Ecuador ⓘ
French Guiana ⓘ
British Guiana ⓘ
surface form: Guyana

Peru ⓘ
Suriname ⓘ
Venezuela ⓘ
describedAs world’s largest tropical rainforest ⓘ
hasArea approximately 2.1 million square miles ⓘ
approximately 5.5 million square kilometers ⓘ
hasAverageAnnualRainfall approximately 2000 to 3000 millimeters ⓘ
hasBiodiversityLevel very high ⓘ
hasClimate humid tropical ⓘ
hasNickname lungs of the Earth ⓘ
hasRiver Amazon River ⓘ
hasRole carbon sink ⓘ
regulating global climate ⓘ
hasVegetationType broadleaf evergreen forest ⓘ
influences Atlantic Ocean moisture transport ⓘ
South American rainfall patterns ⓘ
global carbon cycle ⓘ
knownFor extraordinary biodiversity ⓘ
locatedIn Amazon Basin ⓘ
South America ⓘ
partOf Earth ⓘ
Earth’s major carbon sinks ⓘ
Neotropical realm ⓘ
threatenedBy agricultural expansion ⓘ
cattle ranching ⓘ
climate change ⓘ
deforestation ⓘ
logging ⓘ
mining ⓘ
traversedBy Amazon River ⓘ

Referenced by (204)

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

South America → hasMajorRainforest → Amazon rainforest ⓘ
Peru → contains → Amazon rainforest ⓘ
Amazon River mouth → hydrologicalSystem → Amazon rainforest ⓘ
this entity surface form: Amazon Basin
Bolivia → hasMajorGeographicFeature → Amazon rainforest ⓘ
this entity surface form: Amazon Basin
The Lost City of Z → subject → Amazon rainforest ⓘ
The Lost City of Z → narrativeLocation → Amazon rainforest ⓘ
Percy Fawcett → explored → Amazon rainforest ⓘ
Colombia → hasRegion → Amazon rainforest ⓘ
Amazon River → flowsThrough → Amazon rainforest ⓘ
Amazon River → biome → Amazon rainforest ⓘ
Americas → containsSubregion → Amazon rainforest ⓘ
this entity surface form: Amazon Rainforest
Brazil → contains → Amazon rainforest ⓘ
Iquitos → locatedIn → Amazon rainforest ⓘ
Pando → biodiversityRegion → Amazon rainforest ⓘ
Jungle Cruise → setting → Amazon rainforest ⓘ
Torrid Zone → contains → Amazon rainforest ⓘ
Beni → hasBiome → Amazon rainforest ⓘ
French Guiana → geographicalFeature → Amazon rainforest ⓘ
this entity surface form: Amazonian rainforest
Venezuela → hasRegion → Amazon rainforest ⓘ
Suriname → hasMajorEcosystem → Amazon rainforest ⓘ
Pastaza Province → locatedIn → Amazon rainforest ⓘ
Shuar people → region → Amazon rainforest ⓘ
Jivaroan → region → Amazon rainforest ⓘ
Achuar-Shiwiar language → region → Amazon rainforest ⓘ
Morona-Santiago Province → locatedIn → Amazon rainforest ⓘ
Loreto Region of Peru → locatedIn → Amazon rainforest ⓘ
subject surface form: Loreto Region
Neotropical realm → contains → Amazon rainforest ⓘ
Amazon Basin → contains → Amazon rainforest ⓘ
Rio 2 → setIn → Amazon rainforest ⓘ
Mato Grosso region of Brazil → hasRegion → Amazon rainforest ⓘ
subject surface form: Mato Grosso
Casiquiare canal → ecosystem → Amazon rainforest ⓘ
Puerto Ayacucho → locatedInRegion → Amazon rainforest ⓘ
Percival → placeOfActivity → Amazon rainforest ⓘ
subject surface form: Percival Fawcett
Napo Province → partOf → Amazon rainforest ⓘ
Coca River → locatedIn → Amazon rainforest ⓘ
Aguarico River → locatedIn → Amazon rainforest ⓘ
Brazil with Michael Palin → features → Amazon rainforest ⓘ
this entity surface form: Brazilian Amazon rainforest
Curaray River → biome → Amazon rainforest ⓘ
this entity surface form: Amazon rainforest biome
Atabapo River → flowsThrough → Amazon rainforest ⓘ
this entity surface form: Amazon rainforest region
Yasuní River → locatedIn → Amazon rainforest ⓘ
Manaus → isGatewayTo → Amazon rainforest ⓘ
Manaus → isOneOfLargestCitiesIn → Amazon rainforest ⓘ
this entity surface form: Brazilian Amazon
Santarém → locatedIn → Amazon rainforest ⓘ
this entity surface form: Brazilian Amazon
Ucayali–Marañón confluence → locatedInBiome → Amazon rainforest ⓘ
Rio Negro → biome → Amazon rainforest ⓘ
Purus River → partOf → Amazon rainforest ⓘ
Purus River → drainageBasin → Amazon rainforest ⓘ
Madeira River → ecoregion → Amazon rainforest ⓘ
Tapajós River → locatedIn → Amazon rainforest ⓘ
Tapajós River → flowsThrough → Amazon rainforest ⓘ