The Amazon Rainforest is located in the Northern Region of the country, and covers the states of Acre, Amapá, Amazonas, Pará, Rondônia, Roraima, Tocantins, Maranhão and Mato Grosso. With approximately 7 million km², the Amazon Forest has the title of the largest tropical forest in the world.
It is located in the largest river basin in the world, the Amazon basin, and the most important of this river basin is the Amazon River, and this river also has well-known, as tributaries of the Rio Negro, the Tapajós River, the Xingu River and the Madeira River. The Solimões River is just another name for the same Rio Amazonas, that receives this name after the meeting of the waters between the Rio Negro and the Solimões River.
The climate is usually hot and rainy and the rainy season is from December to June, and the average annual temperature is 32° C ( this in the state of Amazonas, varying according to each state). The forest is mainly characterized by great height of trees, and by animals that inhabit mainly the crowns of these. Already your soil is poor in nutrients, and how many rains, this occur do not influence on plant nutrition.
The most famous cities of the forest to less in the state of Amazonas, are the cities of Manaus, which besides being the capital of the State has the largest population density of the region, and the town of Parintins, known because of its traditional folk festival, which attracts tourists from all places, especially those deriving from own Northern region.
To know better the Amazon Forest, there are several hotels in the region that are installed in places very close to the jungle, being even possible schedule outings by deep into the forest, and also browse by several rivers of the region, observing animals and plants typical of the site. A fantastic adventure, braving the jungle with all the necessary comfort to rest. A good example is the Ariaú.
To know better the Amazon Forest, there are several hotels in the region that are installed in places very close to the jungle, being even possible schedule outings by deep into the forest, and also browse by several rivers of the region, observing animals and plants typical of the site. A fantastic adventure, braving the jungle with all the necessary comfort to rest. A good example is the Ariaú.
Travel Tips
Be sure to visit the indigenous villages that until today remain primitive customs. Visits are conducted through the FUNAI and the access is made through voadeira. Jaú National Park is also a great option to know a little more of the fauna and flora of the Amazon Forest. The Park is bathed by the dark waters of the Negro River and is the largest forest reserve of South America, with 2.27 million hectares besides hosting some species of animals in extinction.
