Amazon has an equatorial humid climate, or, in other words, a hot area with frequent rains. The pattern of the rains distribution varies: some cities, like São Gabriel da Cachoeira (in Amazonas State) are rainy than others, like Rio Branco city (in Acre State). It occurs because São Gabriel da Cachoeira is located exactly at the Ecuador Line.The Forest embraces 25% South America area, reaching nine countries: Brazil, French Guyana, Suriname, Guyana, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia. The greater part of the forest, 62%, is located in Brazil, and the remaining 38%, in the other countries.
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In Brazil, the Amazon RainForest is called Legal Amazon, and embraces about 60% of the Brazilian territory, spreading over the following states: Acre, Amazonas, Pará, Rondônia, Roraima, Tocantins, west of Maranhão and north of Mato Grosso. This area is equivalent to a half of the European continent, with an area of 5,026,552 km2, with an estimated population (in 1990) of 17,193,446 inhabitants. It could be the sixth largest country of the world!
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