Bolivia's vast Amazon rainforest is a critical habitat for a wide range of species, all of which are threatened by deforestation, upriver dams, forest fires and developmentThe Amazon rainforest, alternatively, the Amazon jungle or Amazonia, is a moist broadleaf tropical rainforest in the Amazon biome that covers most of the Amazon basin of South America This basin encompasses 7,000,000 km 2 (2,700,000 sq mi), of which 5,500,000 km 2 (2,100,000 sq mi) are covered by the rainforestThis region includes territory belonging to nine nations and 3,344 Amazon rainforest animals also include a number of ones that live in freshwater One of the largest turtles in rainforest biome is the Arrau turtle (Podocnemis expansa) Also called the giant Amazon river turtle, these huge shelled reptiles can weigh up to 0 lb (90 kg) Arrau turtles are found in and around the Amazon and Orinoco rivers
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