GK
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
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Northern Canada
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American midwest
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Northern South America
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Northern Africa
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Amazon includes parts of eight South American countries: Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, and Suriname, as well as French Guiana, a department of France. Who owns the Amazon rainforest? The Amazon lies within several countries (see above).
Detailed explanation-2: -The Amazon Rainforest Location The Amazon covers a huge area (6.7 million sq km) of South America. Nearly 60% of the rainforest is in Brazil, while the rest is shared among eight other countries-Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela and French Guiana, an overseas territory of France.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Amazon basin is the part of South America drained by the Amazon River and its tributaries. The Amazon drainage basin covers an area of about 6, 300, 000 km2 (2, 400, 000 sq mi), or about 35.5 percent of the South American continent.
Detailed explanation-4: -Amazon Rainforest, large tropical rainforest occupying the drainage basin of the Amazon River and its tributaries in northern South America and covering an area of 2, 300, 000 square miles (6, 000, 000 square km).