Amazon Basin size comparison
6,300,000 km2 / 2,431,800 mile2
The Amazon Basin is the part of South America drained by the Amazon River and its tributaries. The Amazon drainage basin covers an area of about 6,300,000 km2 (2,400,000 sq mi), or about 35.5 percent of the South American continent. It is located in the countries of Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana (France), Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. Most of the basin is covered by the Amazon rainforest, also known as Amazonia. With a 5.5 million km2 (2.1 million sq mi) area of dense tropical forest, this is the largest rainforest in the world.
Wikipedia / Amazon Rainforest / Colombia / Brazil / Guyana / Ecuador / Suriname / Bolivia / Peru / France / Venezuela / French Guiana / South America
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Amazon Basin compared to European countries
The Balkans is
0.07 times
as big as Amazon Basin
Baltic States is
0.03 times
as big as Amazon Basin
Belarus is
0.03 times
as big as Amazon Basin
Czechoslovakia is
0.02 times
as big as Amazon Basin
Germany is
0.06 times
as big as Amazon Basin
England is
0.02 times
as big as Amazon Basin
Spain is
0.08 times
as big as Amazon Basin
Finland is
0.05 times
as big as Amazon Basin
France is
0.09 times
as big as Amazon Basin
United Kingdom is
0.04 times
as big as Amazon Basin
Iberian Peninsula is
0.09 times
as big as Amazon Basin
Italy is
0.05 times
as big as Amazon Basin
Norway is
0.05 times
as big as Amazon Basin
Nordic countries is
0.21 times
as big as Amazon Basin
Poland is
0.05 times
as big as Amazon Basin
Romania is
0.04 times
as big as Amazon Basin
Russia is
2.71 times
as big as Amazon Basin
Scandinavian Peninsula is
0.12 times
as big as Amazon Basin
Sweden is
0.07 times
as big as Amazon Basin
Soviet Union is
3.56 times
as big as Amazon Basin
Ukraine is
0.10 times
as big as Amazon Basin
Ural Mountains is
0.08 times
as big as Amazon Basin
Yugoslavia is
0.04 times
as big as Amazon Basin
Amazon Basin compared to Asian countries
Afghanistan is
0.10 times
as big as Amazon Basin
Arabian peninsula is
0.51 times
as big as Amazon Basin
China is
1.52 times
as big as Amazon Basin
Indonesia is
0.30 times
as big as Amazon Basin
India is
0.52 times
as big as Amazon Basin
Iran is
0.26 times
as big as Amazon Basin
Kazakhstan is
0.43 times
as big as Amazon Basin
Manchuria is
0.12 times
as big as Amazon Basin
Middle East is
1.14 times
as big as Amazon Basin
Myanmar is
0.11 times
as big as Amazon Basin
Mongolia is
0.25 times
as big as Amazon Basin
Pakistan is
0.13 times
as big as Amazon Basin
Saudi Arabia is
0.34 times
as big as Amazon Basin
Turkey is
0.12 times
as big as Amazon Basin
Amazon Basin compared to African countries
Angola is
0.20 times
as big as Amazon Basin
DR Congo is
0.37 times
as big as Amazon Basin
Algeria is
0.38 times
as big as Amazon Basin
Egypt is
0.16 times
as big as Amazon Basin
Ethiopia is
0.18 times
as big as Amazon Basin
Horn of Africa is
0.30 times
as big as Amazon Basin
Kalahari Desert is
0.14 times
as big as Amazon Basin
Libya is
0.28 times
as big as Amazon Basin
Maghreb is
0.96 times
as big as Amazon Basin
Mali is
0.20 times
as big as Amazon Basin
Mauritania is
0.16 times
as big as Amazon Basin
Mozambique is
0.13 times
as big as Amazon Basin
Namibia is
0.13 times
as big as Amazon Basin
Niger is
0.20 times
as big as Amazon Basin
Nigeria is
0.15 times
as big as Amazon Basin
Nile Basin is
0.54 times
as big as Amazon Basin
Sahara Desert is
1.49 times
as big as Amazon Basin
Sahel is
0.48 times
as big as Amazon Basin
Sudan is
0.30 times
as big as Amazon Basin
Somalia is
0.10 times
as big as Amazon Basin
Chad is
0.20 times
as big as Amazon Basin
Tanzania is
0.15 times
as big as Amazon Basin
South Africa is
0.19 times
as big as Amazon Basin
Zambia is
0.12 times
as big as Amazon Basin
Amazon Basin compared to countries in the Americas
Argentina is
0.44 times
as big as Amazon Basin
Bolivia is
0.17 times
as big as Amazon Basin
Brazil is
1.35 times
as big as Amazon Basin
Canada is
1.58 times
as big as Amazon Basin
Chile is
0.12 times
as big as Amazon Basin
Colombia is
0.18 times
as big as Amazon Basin
Corn Belt (US) is
0.40 times
as big as Amazon Basin
The Midwest (US) is
0.34 times
as big as Amazon Basin
Mississippi river basin is
0.47 times
as big as Amazon Basin
Mexico is
0.31 times
as big as Amazon Basin
The Pampas (South America) is
0.12 times
as big as Amazon Basin
Peru is
0.20 times
as big as Amazon Basin
United States is
1.56 times
as big as Amazon Basin
United States (Contiguous) is
1.28 times
as big as Amazon Basin
Venezuela is
0.14 times
as big as Amazon Basin