The Amazon Rainforest is the biggest and most biodiverse rainforest in the world It is home to an incredible amount of animals and plants See a map showing the location of the Amazon Rainforest here Where is the Amazon Rainforest located?The importance of the Amazon rainforest for local and global climate Tropical forests and woodlands (eg savannas) exchange vast amounts of water and energy with the atmosphere and are thought to be important in controlling local and regional climates 3 Water released by plants into the atmosphere through evapotranspiration (evaporation and plant transpiration) and to theThe Amazon rainforest is the largest tropical forest on Earth, with the highest density of plant and animal species anywhere This impressive region provides essential ecological services, stabilizing the world's rainfall patterns and storing massive amounts of carbon that mitigate climate change
Mapping The Amazon