The Amazon, also known as Amazon Rainforest is a rainforest in the Amazon Basin in South America. The known area of \u200b\u200bthe Amazon Basin or the Amazon more than 7 million square kilometers (1.2 billion acres), though the forest itself occupies some 5.5 million. The forest is for 60% of the land in Brazil, but also extends into Colombia, Peru, Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia, Guyana, Suriname and French Guyana. The name Amazon is derived by the English explorer Francisco de Orellana. The report which was written at the end of his trip to the Amazon 
in 1542, chaplain of the expedition by Gaspar de Carvajal, one notes that the English encountered a tribe of women warrior, whose queen was called Conor. Orellana named the Amazon River , because the warrior women reminded him of the ancient Amazons of Asia and Africa described by Herodotus and Diodorus in Greek mythology. Rainforests are the most species-rich, and tropical forests in the Americas are consistently more species-rich than those in Africa and Asia. In the largest tract of tropical forests of the Americas, the Amazon Rainforest has an unparalleled biodiversity .
In the region there are about 2.5 million species of insects, 10,000 species of plants and 2,000 species of birds and mammals. According to the data, at least 40,000 species of plants, 3,000 species of fish, 1,294 species of birds, 427 species of mammals, 427 species of amphibians and 378 species of reptiles have been classified in the region. Scientists have described between 96,669 and 128,843 species of invertebrates only Brazil.
The diversity of plant species is the highest on earth and some experts estimate that 1 km ² contains over 75,000 kinds of trees. 1 km ² of Amazon rainforest can contain about 90,790 tons of plants. This constitutes the largest collection of species of plants and animals in the world. One in five of all birds living in the Amazon rainforest.
in 1542, chaplain of the expedition by Gaspar de Carvajal, one notes that the English encountered a tribe of women warrior, whose queen was called Conor. Orellana named the Amazon River , because the warrior women reminded him of the ancient Amazons of Asia and Africa described by Herodotus and Diodorus in Greek mythology. Rainforests are the most species-rich, and tropical forests in the Americas are consistently more species-rich than those in Africa and Asia. In the largest tract of tropical forests of the Americas, the Amazon Rainforest has an unparalleled biodiversity . In the region there are about 2.5 million species of insects, 10,000 species of plants and 2,000 species of birds and mammals. According to the data, at least 40,000 species of plants, 3,000 species of fish, 1,294 species of birds, 427 species of mammals, 427 species of amphibians and 378 species of reptiles have been classified in the region. Scientists have described between 96,669 and 128,843 species of invertebrates only Brazil.
The diversity of plant species is the highest on earth and some experts estimate that 1 km ² contains over 75,000 kinds of trees. 1 km ² of Amazon rainforest can contain about 90,790 tons of plants. This constitutes the largest collection of species of plants and animals in the world. One in five of all birds living in the Amazon rainforest.
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