Amazonia
Amazonia is a huge region covering about 40% of the South American continent. It encompasses most of northern Brazil, parts of northern Bolivia, eastern Peru, eastern Ecuador, southeastern Colombia, southern Venezuela, southern Guyana, southern Suriname and southern French Guiana.| Tap on the map to travel |
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Amazonia
- Type: tropical forest with 34,000,000 residents
- Description: large rainforest in South America
- Categories: specialty and field of study
- Location: South America
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Latitude of centre
-3.16° or 3° 9' 36" southLongitude of centre
-60.03° or 60° 1' 48" westPopulation
34,000,000Wikidata ID
Q177567Amazonia Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Abkhazian: Tiẓgi n Amaẓun
- Afrikaans: Amasonereënwoud
- Afrikaans: Amasonië
- Albanian: Pylli i Amazonës
- Albanian: amazone
- Arabic: Mauran nga kagurangan han Amazon
- Arabic: الأمازون
- Arabic: غابات الأمازون
- Arabic: غابة الأمازون
- Armenian: Ամազոնի անտառներ
- Armenian: Ամազոնի խոնավ անտառներ
- Asturian: Amazonia
- Azerbaijani: Amazon yağış meşələri
- Basque: Amazonia
- Belarusian: Дажджавыя лясы Амазоніі
- Belarusian: дажджавы лес Амазоніі
- Bengali: আমাজন
- Bengali: আমাজন অরণ্য
- Bengali: আমাজন বন
- Bhojpuri: अमेजन जंगल
- Bhojpuri: अमेजन बन
- Bhojpuri: अमेजन बरखाबन
- Bhojpuri: अमेजोन रेनफॉरेस्ट
- Bosnian: Amazonija
- Breton: Amazonia
- Bulgarian: Амазония
- Bulgarian: Амазонска гора
- Bulgarian: Амазонска джунгла
- Bulgarian: Амазонска екваториална гора
- Bulgarian: Амазонската гора
- Bulgarian: Амазонската джунгла
- Bulgarian: Амазонската низина
- Bulgarian: Амазонската тропическа гора
- Burmese: အမေဇုန် မိုးသစ်တော
- Catalan: Amazonia
- Catalan: Amazònia
- Catalan: Bosc amazònic
- Catalan: Bosc de l'Amazones
- Catalan: Jungla amazònica
- Catalan: Selva amazònica
- Catalan: Selva de l'Amazones
- Catalan: selva amazònica
- Central Kurdish: دارستانی ئەمازۆن
- Chinese: 亚马孙雨林
- Chinese: 亚马逊森林
- Chinese: 亚马逊雨林
- Chinese: 亞馬孫雨林
- Chinese: 亞馬遜森林
- Chinese: 亞馬遜熱帶雨林
- Chinese: 亞馬遜雨林
- Corsican: Amazonia
- Corsican: Amazzonia
- Corsican: Furesta amazonica
- Corsican: Furesta amazzonica
- Croatian: Amazonija
- Croatian: Amazonska prašuma
- Czech: Amazonské deštné pralesy
- Czech: Amazonský deštný prales
- Czech: Amazonský prales
- Czech: Odlesňování v Amazonii
- Danish: Amazonas-regnskoven
- Danish: Amazonas regnskov
- Danish: Amazonjunglen
- Danish: Amazonregnskoven
- Danish: Amazonskoven
- Danish: Regnskoven i Amazonas
- Dutch: Amazon Rainforest
- Dutch: Amazone-regenwoud
- Dutch: Amazone regenwoud
- Dutch: Amazoneregenwoud
- Dutch: Amazonewoud
- Egyptian Arabic: غابة الامازون
- Egyptian Arabic: غابه الامازون
- English: Amazonas
- English: Amazon forest
- English: Amazonian rainforest
- English: Amazonian rain forest
- English: Amazon rain forest
- English: Amazon rainforest
- English: Brazilian Amazon
- Esperanto: Amazona arbaro
- Esperanto: Amazona pluvarbaro
- Finnish: Amazon
- Finnish: Amazonia
- Finnish: Amazonin sademetsä
- French: Forêt amazonienne
- French: foret amazonienne
- French: forêt amazonienne
- French: poumon de la Terre
- Galician: Amazonia
- Galician: Amazonía
- Galician: Selva amazónica
- Georgian: ამაზონის ჯუნგლები
- German: Amazonas-Regenwald
- Greek: Τροπικό δάσος του Αμαζονίου
- Guarani: Amasónia
- Guianese Creole French: Lanmanzonni
- Hausa: Amazon
- Hebrew: יער האמאזונאס
- Hebrew: יער האמזונאס
- Hebrew: יער האמזונס
- Hindi: अमेज़न वन
- Hindi: अमेज़न वर्षावन
- Hindi: ऐमेज़ोन जंगल
- Hungarian: amazóniai esőerdő
- Icelandic: Amasónfrumskógurinn
- Indonesian: Hutan Amazon
- Indonesian: Hutan hujan Amazon
- Irish: Foraois bháistí na hAmasóine
- Italian: Amazzonia
- Italian: Foresta amazzonica
- Japanese: アマゾン熱帯雨林
- Kabyle: Tiẓgi n Amaẓun
- Kannada: ಅಮೆಜಾನ್ ಮಳೆಕಾಡು
- Kirghiz: Гилея
- Korean: 아마조니아
- Korean: 아마존 우림
- Ladin: Bosch dl’Amazonia
- Lao: ປ່າດົງຕຶບໜາອາມາຊົນ
- Latin: Silvae pluviales Amazoniae
- Latvian: Amazones lietus mežs
- Lingua Franca Nova: Amazonia
- Lithuanian: Amazonija
- Lithuanian: Amazonijos miškai
- Lithuanian: Amazonijos selva
- Lithuanian: Amazonės baseinas
- Lithuanian: Amazonės džiunglės
- Lithuanian: Amazonės miškai
- Macedonian: Амазонија
- Maithili: अमेजन रेनफरेस्ट
- Malagasy: Amazônia
- Malay: Hutan Amazon
- Malay: Hutan hujan Amazon
- Malayalam: ആമസോൺ മഴക്കാടുകൾ
- Marathi: अॅमेझॉन वर्षावन
- Marathi: ॲमेझॉन वर्षावन
- Mazanderani: آمازون
- Mon: ဂြိုပ်ဗြဲ အမဇြောန်
- Mongolian: ဂြိုပ်ဗြဲ အမဇြောန်
- Moroccan Arabic: غابة د لأمازون
- Moroccan Arabic: لغابة د لأمازون
- Nepali: अमेजन रेनफरेस्ट
- Nepali: अमेजन वर्षावन
- Norwegian: Amazonasregnskogen
- Norwegian Bokmål: Regnskogen amazonas
- Norwegian Bokmål: Regnskogen i Amazonas
- Norwegian Bokmål: Regnskogen y Amazonas
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Amazonas-regnskogen
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Regnskogen i Amazonas
- Occitan (post 1500): Seuva Amazonica
- Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): ܥܒܐ ܕܐܡܙܘܢ
- Panjabi: ਅਮੇਜ਼ਨ ਵਰਖਾ ਜੰਗਲ
- Panjabi: ਐਮਾਜ਼ੋਨ ਵਰਖਾ ਜੰਗਲ
- Persian: آمازون
- Persian: امازون
- Persian: جنگل آمازون
- Persian: جنگل امازون
- Persian: جنگل بارانی آمازون
- Persian: جنگل بارانی امازون
- Persian: جنگلهای آمازون
- Persian: جنگل های آمازون
- Persian: جنگلهای امازون
- Persian: جنگلهای آمازون
- Persian: جنگلهای امازون
- Piemontese: Amassònia
- Polish: Amazonia
- Portuguese: Amazônia
- Portuguese: Floresta Amazônica
- Portuguese: Floresta amazônica
- Portuguese: Floresta equatorial da Amazônia
- Portuguese: Hileia amazônica
- Portuguese: Selva amazônica
- Portuguese: selva amazônica
- Pushto: امازون باراني ځنګل
- Quechua: Amarumayu sach'a-sach'a suyu
- Quechua: Amarumayu sach'a sach'a suyu
- Romanian: Amazonia
- Romanian: Pădurea Amazoniană
- Romanian: Pădurea Amazonică
- Russian: Амазонские джунгли
- Russian: Амазонские леса
- Russian: Дождевые леса Амазонии
- Samogitian: Amazuonėjė
- Santali: ᱟᱢᱟᱡᱚᱱ ᱵᱤᱨ
- Serbian: Amazonija
- Serbian: Floresta Amazônica
- Serbian: Амазонија
- Serbo-Croatian: Amazonska prašuma
- Sinhala: ඇමසෝන් වැසි වනාන්තරය
- Slovak: Amazonský dažďový prales
- Slovak: Amazonský prales
- Slovenian: Amazonija
- Slovenian: Amazonski deževni gozd
- Slovenian: amazonski deževni gozd
- Slovenian: amazonski gozd
- Slovenian: amazonski pragozd
- Slovenian: pljuča Zemlje
- South Azerbaijani: آمازون یاغیش مشه‌لری
- Spanish: Amazonas
- Spanish: Amazonia
- Spanish: Amazonía
- Spanish: Amazónico
- Spanish: Pulmón Verde
- Spanish: Selva Amazónica
- Spanish: Selva del Amazonas
- Swahili: Msitu wa Amazon
- Swedish: Amazonas
- Swedish: Amazonas regnskog
- Swedish: Amazonia
- Tagalog: Amazonia
- Tagalog: Amazon rainforest
- Tamil: அமேசான் காடு
- Tamil: அமேசான் மழைக்காடு
- Telugu: అమెజాన్ వర్షారణ్యం
- Thai: ป่าดิบชื้นแอมะซอน
- Thai: ป่าแอมะซอน
- Turkish: Amazon Ormanları
- Turkish: Amazon ormanları
- Turkish: Amazon yağmur ormanları
- Ukrainian: Амазонський дощовий ліс
- Urdu: ایمیزون برساتی جنگل
- Uzbek: Amazon oʻrmonlari
- Vietnamese: Amazon
- Vietnamese: rừng Amazon
- Vietnamese: rừng mưa Amazon
- Waray (Philippines): Amazon Rainforest
- Waray (Philippines): Mauran nga kagurangan han Amason
- Waray (Philippines): Mauran nga kagurangan han Amazon
- Western Armenian: Ամազոնի անտառներ
- Western Frisian: Amazône-reinwâld
- Western Frisian: Amazône-wâld
- Western Frisian: Amazônereinwâld
- Western Frisian: Amazônewâld
- Western Frisian: Amazônje
- Western Panjabi: ایمیزون برساتی جنگل
- Wu Chinese: 亚马逊雨林
- Yue Chinese: 亞馬遜雨林
- Rừng mưa Amazon
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