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The Amazon Basin, which contains the world's largest tropical rainforest biome, is primarily located in which continent?

A. Africa
B. Asia
C. South America✓ Correct Answer
D. Australia

💡 Solution & Explanation

The Amazon River basin covers a massive portion of South America, spanning across Brazil, Peru, Colombia, and neighboring countries, supporting unparalleled biodiversity. The Congo Basin occupies equatorial Africa, the Southeast Asian rainforests spread across Indonesia and Malaysia, and Australia features arid and tropical savanna zones rather than vast equatorial jungles. The Amazon river discharges more freshwater into the ocean than any other river system globally. Deforestation in this basin poses severe threats to global climate stability.

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