The Amazon represents over half of the planet's remaining rainforests, and comprises the largest and most biodiverse tract of tropical rainforest in the world, with an estimated 390 billion individual trees divided into 16,000 species.

Rivers of the Amazon: Rio Amazonas; Rio Negro; Rio Solimões; Rio Purus; Rio Madeira; Rio Juruá; Rio Tapajós; Rio Xingu; Rio Içá; Rio Japurá; Rio Javari; Rio Jutaí; Rio Nhamundá; Rio Urubu; Rio Canumã; Rio Mamoré; Rio Tefé.