The Amazon Rainforest

rainforest · South America · nature · wildlife

Absolutely enormous. The rainforest covers about 6 million square kilometers, spreading across the giant Amazon basin in South America.

Shared by nine nations. The Amazon stretches across nine different countries, making it a treasure shared by many parts of South America.

Warm and wet. It's a moist, broadleaf tropical rainforest, which means it's steamy, rainy, and full of leafy green plants all year round.

Home to many peoples. The region includes 3,344 indigenous territories, where communities have lived for thousands of years.