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
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

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Sucumbíos Province locatedIn Amazon rainforest
Negro River basin partOfBiome Amazon rainforest
Rurrenabaque locatedNear Amazon rainforest
Pucallpa locatedIn Amazon rainforest
Leticia locatedInRegion Amazon rainforest
Mitú locatedInRegion Amazon rainforest
La Paya National Natural Park locatedIn Amazon rainforest
Puínawai National Natural Reserve partOf Amazon rainforest
Chiribiquete National Natural Park partOf Amazon rainforest
Siona people livesIn Amazon rainforest
Santa Clara Canton locatedInEcozone Amazon rainforest
nocturnal curassow nativeTo Amazon rainforest
Pando Department biodiversityRegion Amazon rainforest
Cahuinarí National Natural Park locatedIn Amazon rainforest
Vaupés Department locatedIn Amazon rainforest
Caquetá River drainageArea Amazon rainforest
Caquetá River region Amazon rainforest
Boa Vista Air Base locatedInRegion Amazon rainforest
this entity surface form: Brazilian Amazon
Putumayo River ecoregion Amazon rainforest
Tigre River locatedInProtectedEcoregion Amazon rainforest
Apaporis River locatedIn Amazon rainforest
City of Z locatedIn Amazon rainforest
Amazonas coveredBy Amazon rainforest
Xingu Indigenous Park partOf Amazon rainforest
this entity surface form: Brazilian Amazon
Amazonas state, Venezuela locatedIn Amazon rainforest
Tocantins hasEcosystem Amazon rainforest
Sandia Province locatedIn Amazon rainforest
Juruena River ecoregion Amazon rainforest
Kayapó people primaryRegion Amazon rainforest
this entity surface form: Brazilian Amazon
Yanomami inhabit Amazon rainforest
Coca locatedIn Amazon rainforest
this entity surface form: Amazon rainforest region
Yasuní National Park partOf Amazon rainforest
Cuyabeno Reserve buffer areas locatedIn Amazon rainforest
Aguarico Canton locatedIn Amazon rainforest
Loreto Canton locatedInRegion Amazon rainforest
Tena nearbyEcosystem Amazon rainforest
La Joya de los Sachas Canton hasBiome Amazon rainforest
Pastaza River flowsThrough Amazon rainforest
Abel Iturralde Province hasEcoregion Amazon rainforest
Tingo María ecosystem Amazon rainforest
Orellana Canton locatedIn Amazon rainforest
Fitzcarraldo filmingLocation Amazon rainforest
Amazonas (Venezuela) contains Amazon rainforest
Villano River hasBiome Amazon rainforest
Carl areaOfBotanicalCollection Amazon rainforest
subject surface form: Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius
San Fernando de Atabapo locatedIn Amazon rainforest