The Amazon rainforest is a large tropical rainforest that covers most of Amazon basin in South America. Spread over an area of 6,000,000 square kilometres, the rainforest comprises about 40 per cent of the total area of Brazil. The region includes territories belonging to other eight more nations- Peru, Columbia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia, Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana. In short, Amazon comprises the largest and the most diverse biodiverse tract of tropical rainforests in the world.
The rainforest is guarded by the Guiana Highlands in the north, the Andes Mountains in the west, the Brazilian central plateau to the south, and the Atlantic Ocean to the east.
The lush vegetation includes a large variety of trees including species of myrtle, laurel, palm, and acacia, rosewood, Brazil nut, and rubber tree. Considering the wildlife, the Amazon is very rich with jaguars, manatees, tapirs, red deer, capybara and many other types of rodents, and several types of monkeys.
