Uma ucabangela umbhalo oyisithenjwa mayelana neHlathi Lemvula Lase-Amazon, litholakala kuphi, kuhlanganise nawo wonke amazwe elitholakala kuwo, likhulu kangakanani, futhi bangaki abantu abahlala kulo?
Context:Ihlathi lemvula lase-Amazon,[a] elibizwa nangokuthi i-Amazon jungle noma i-Amazonia, lihlathi lemvula elishisayo elinamaqabunga amakhulu e-Amazon biome elihlanganisa ingxenye enkulu ye-Amazon basin yaseNingizimu Melika. Lesi sigodi sihlanganisa indawo engamakhilomitha-skwele angu-7.000.000, lapho ihlathi lemvula lihlanganisa khona amakhilomitha-skwele angu-5.500.000. Lesi sifunda sihlanganisa izindawo eziphethwe izizwe ezingu - 9 nezindawo zomdabu ezingu - 3 344 eziqashelwa ngokusemthethweni.  Ingxenye enkulu yehlathi, engu-60%, iseBrazil, ilandelwa iPeru ngo-13%, iColombia ngo-10%, kanti amanani amancane aseBolivia, e-Ecuador, eFrench Guiana, eGuyana, eSuriname naseVenezuela. Izizwe ezine zinegama elithi "Amazonas" njengegama lenye yezifunda zazo zokuphatha ezisezingeni lokuqala, kanti iFrance isebenzisa igama elithi "Guiana Amazonian Park" endaweni evikelwe yehlathi lemvula laseFrench Guiana. I-Amazon imelela ngaphezu kwengxenye yamahlathi emvula asele emhlabeni, futhi iqukethe indawo enkulu kunazo zonke futhi ehlukahlukene kunazo zonke emhlabeni, enezihlahla ezibalelwa ezigidini eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-390 ezinhlotsheni ezingaba ngu-16,000.  Abantu abangaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-30 bezinhlanga ezihlukahlukene ezingu-350 bahlala e-Amazon, ehlukaniswe yaba izinhlelo zezombusazwe ezingu-9 ezihlukene nezindawo zomdabu ezingu-3.344 eziqashelwa ngokusemthethweni. Abantu bomdabu bakha amaphesenti angu - 9 abantu bonke, futhi amaqembu angu - 60 aqhubeka ehlukanisiwe.
Njengoba itholakala eNingizimu Melika, ihlathi lemvula lase-Amazon lihlanganisa iBrazil nePeru. IColombia, iBolivia, i-Ecuador, iFrench Guiana, iGuyana, iSuriname neVenezuela. Ihlathi lemvula lihlanganisa indawo engamakhilomitha - skwele angu - 5 500 000 lapho kuhlala khona abantu abangaphezu kwezigidi ezingu - 30.