Amazonia

Amazonia (sometimes called Pan-Amazonia) is a huge region covering about 40% of the South American continent. It encompasses most of northern Brazil, parts of northern Bolivia, eastern Peru, eastern Ecuador, southeastern Colombia, southern Venezuela, southern Guyana, southern Suriname and southern French Guiana. It is one of the worlds most diverse biological areas and is fed by rivers taking their ofspring in the Andes of Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia and running into the Atlantic ocean in east Brazil.

Regions

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Amazon (Ecuador)
Amazonas (Peru)
Colombian Amazon
Tropical Lowlands (Bolivia)
Amazonas (Brazil) federal state of North Brazil
Pará federal state of North Brazil
Roraima federal state of North Brazil
Acre federal state of North Brazil
Amapá federal state of North Brazil

Cities

Belém
Georgetown
Iquitos
Macapá
Manaus — the largest city and chief port in the Amazon region and an important jumping off point for expeditions into the rain forest
Paramaribo
Rio Branco
Santa Cruz
Santarém

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This page was last edited at 23:51, on 4 December 2008 by Anonymous user(s) of Wikitravel. Based on work by Peter Fitzgerald, Todd VerBeek, Colin Jensen and Evan Prodromou, Wikitravel user(s) Dhum Dhum and Anonymous user(s) of Wikitravel.