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Manaus & the Amazon
The Amazonian region of Brazil encompassing the states of Amazonas and Pará is twelve times the size of Italy and accounts for 42% of the country's total area. The state of Amazonas is almost five times larger than the unified Germany. The region preserves the largest continuous area of tropical forest in the world. It comprises one-tenth of the planet's entire plant and animal species, produces one-fifth of the world's oxygen and its river system contains one-fifth of the fresh water on earth. The forest still keeps many of its secrets: To this day major tributaries of the River Amazonas are unexplored. Scientists claim the existence of approximately 50,000 plant species in the Amazon, of which only 30,000 have already been classified. Furthermore it is estimated that Amazonian rivers are home to some 2,500 fish species. At least 550 species of mammals live in the Amazon region, of which more than 60 are exclusive to the region. Approxiamtely 5,000 of the 20,000 butterfly species identified on the planet are native to the region and there are 950 bird species that make Amazonia into the richest bird sanctuary in the world.
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