“[[The Amazon]] basin spans 7 million square kilometres (km2) – an area the size of Australia. The actual rainforest is 5.5 million km2 – an area 23 times the size of the UK. Around 60% of it is in Brazil, with the rest split across other South American countries. ([Location 2097](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0C3X6X695&location=2097))” --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[rainforest]], [[statistics]], **Source** -- [[260103133118 - B - Not the End of the World]]