Quick facts

• The Amazon biome is 2 times the size of India
• The Amazon river is over 6600 km long
• It harbors 10% of the world´s known species
• It is home to 350 ethnic groups
• 17% of the forest cover has been lost in the last 50 years

Fonte: http://wwf.panda.org/what_we_do/where_we_work/amazon/about_the _amazon/