Where is the Amazon Rainforest?

<http://deforestation-facts.blogspot.com/2011/01/deforestation-in-amazon-and.html>

This vegetation map outlines the entire Amazon Rainforest, covering over a billion acres, as it transcends the borders of Brazil, Peru, Ecuador, Columbia, Venezuela, Bolivia, Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana.  The darkest green indicates areas in which vegetation is the most dense. As shown here, the bulk of the Amazon is located in Brazil.

<http://www.rainforest-database.com/>

Here, shaded in green, is an approximation of the Amazon Rainforest that lies in Brazil--the area that this blog will primarily focus on.