Amazon rainforest Amazon rainforest The Amazon rainforest (Portuguese: ' or '; , ' or usually '; ; ), also known in English as Amazonia or the Amazon Jungle, is a moist broadleaf forest in the Amazon biome that covers most of the Amazon basin of South America. This basin encompasses , of which are covered by the rainforest. This region includes territory belonging to nine nations. The majority of the forest is contained within Brazil, with 60% of the rainforest, followed by Peru with 13%, Colombia with 10%, and with minor amounts in Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia, Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana. States
The Whole Country is Red "For a long time I was really worried that I would be jailed". The stamp is today regarded as rare, with one being sold at an auction in 2009 for HK$3.68 million (US$475,000, £290,000). More recent auction realisations have been lower at £31050 in December 2010 (Stanley Gibbons) and HK$747,500 (£60,300) at InterAsia's September 2011 sale. The Whole Country is Red The Whole Country is Red is a Chinese postage stamp, issued on 24 November 1968, which contained a design error. The stamp featured a map of China with the words "The Whole Country is Red" (Chinese: "全国山河一片红"), with a