Amazon
Amazon primarily refers to the immense river in South America, the largest by water discharge and second longest globally, which sustains the world's largest tropical rainforest teeming with extraordinary biodiversity. In modern usage, it also denotes a dominant e-commerce and technology company founded in 1994 by Jeff Bezos, reshaping online shopping and cloud services. Additionally, it evokes the legendary Greek myth of fierce female warriors, symbolizing strength and independence in popular culture.
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The Amazon Rainforest is home to about 10% of the world's known species, including over 2.5 million insect species, and it plays a vital role in regulating global weather patterns by releasing massive amounts of moisture into the atmosphere. Remarkably, a single hectare of Amazon forest can contain more than 750 types of trees and 1500 species of flowering plants, making it one of the most biodiverse places on Earth—yet it's under threat from deforestation, with over 17% already lost since the 1970s.
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