The Amazon rainforest , alternatively, the Amazon Jungle , also known in English as Amazonia , is a moist broadleaf tropical rainforest in the Amazon biome that covers most of the Amazon basin of South America. This basin encompasses 7,000,000 km 2 (2,700,000 sq mi), of which 5,500,000 km 2 (2,100,000 sq mi) are covered by the rainforest. This region includes territory belonging to nine nations The majority of the forest is contained within Brazil , with 60% of the rainforest, followed by Peru with 13%, Colombia with 10%, and with minor amounts in Bolivia , Ecuador , French Guiana , Guyana , Suriname , and Venezuela . Four nations have “ Amazonas ” as the name of one of their first-level administrative regions and France uses the name “ Guiana Amazonian Park ” for its rainforest ...