Itholakala kuphi imvula yase-Amazon?
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 indawo engamakhilomitha - 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 imele ngaphezu kwengxenye yamahlathi emvula asele emhlabeni, futhi iqukethe indawo enkulu kunazo zonke futhi ehlukahlukene kakhulu emhlabeni, enezihlahla eziqikelelwa ezigidini eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-390 ezinhlotsheni ezingaba ngu-16,000. [
Ihlathi lase-Amazon liseNingizimu Melika. Itholakala eBrazil, ePeru, eColombia, eBolivia nase-Ecuador