The Amazon rain forest occupies an area of over one million square miles in Brazil alone. It stretches over the entire northern section of the country and parts of the Mato Grosso and Maranhao states.
This massive rainforest is one of the few areas on land that has not yet been fully explored. The Amazon is home to many diverse and exotic flora and fauna. The climate is hot and humid. Annual average temperatures for this area are around 26°C. This area experiences considerable rain annually.
Charting the population of the Amazon is difficult given the sheer size and wilderness of the forest. At last count, the population of the Brazilian part of the Amazon was estimated to be around 500,000.
The Amazon is inhabited by many indigenous tribes each with their own unique culture; the largest of these are the Yanomami.
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