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This vast South American rainforest surrounds a river basin extending across Brazil and several neighbouring countries.

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The Amazon rainforest stores carbon, recycles moisture and supports exceptional biodiversity. The popular lungs-of-the-planet label oversimplifies its oxygen cycle. Source: Amazon rainforest

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