the Amazon rain forest

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• rain forest — rain ,forest noun count or uncount * a forest in a tropical region of the world where it rains a lot. Rain forests are considered to be important environmental areas and many people want them to be protected by law: the Amazon rain forest areas… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

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• Deforestation of the Amazon Rainforest — Timelapse of deforestation in the state of Rondonia in Brazil, from 2000 2010. The Amazon River flowing through the rainforest. The main sources of deforestation in the Amazo …   Wikipedia

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• Amazon Rainforest — Geobox|Forest name = Amazon Rainforest native name = other name = category = image caption = Amazon rainforest, Salinopolis, Para, Brazil. image size = official name = etymology = motto = nickname = symbol = country = Brazil country1 = Peru… …   Wikipedia

• Amazon rainforest — Amazonia redirects here. For other uses, see Amazonia (disambiguation). Amazon Rainforest Forest …   Wikipedia

• Amazon River — Portuguese Rio Amazonas River, northern South America. It is the largest river in the world in volume and area of drainage basin, and only the Nile River of northeastern Africa exceeds it in length. It originates within 100 mi (160 km) of the… …   Universalium

• Peruvian Amazon — The Peruvian Amazon is the area of the Amazon jungle that is confined within the territory of Peru, from the east of the Andes to borders with Ecuador, Colombia, Brazil and Bolivia. This region comprises more than half of the country and is an… …   Wikipedia