The
majority of the forest is contained within Brazil, with 60% of the rainforest.
States or departments in four nations bear the name Amazonas after it.
The
Amazon represents over half of the planet's remaining rainforests, and it
comprises the largest and most species-rich tract of tropical rainforest in the
world.
The Amazon
rainforest was short-listed in 2008 as a candidate to one of the New7Wonders of
Nature by the New Seven Wonders of the World Foundation. As of February 2009
the Amazon was ranking first in Group E, the category for forests, national
parks and nature reserves.
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