Amazon biome
The Amazon biome (Portuguese: Bioma Amazônia) contains the Amazon rainforest, an area of tropical rainforest, and other ecoregions that cover most of the Amazon basin and some adjacent areas to the north and east. The biome contains blackwater and whitewater flooded forest, lowland and montane terra firma forest, bamboo and palm forest, savanna, sandy heath and alpine tundra. Some areas of the biome are threatened by deforestation for timber and to make way for pasture or soybean plantations.
| Amazon biome | |
|---|---|
Anavilhanas National Park, Amazonas, Brazil | |
Amazon biome (white outline) and Amazon basin (light blue outline) | |
| Ecology | |
| Biome | Amazonia |
| Geography | |
| Area | 6,700,000 km2 (2,600,000 sq mi) |
| Countries | |
| Coordinates | 2°58′S 64°36′W |
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