World Record Title: The largest tropical rainforest: the Amazon rainforest
World Record Creator: The Amazon rainforest
World Record Holder: The Amazon rainforest
World Record Fields: The largest tropical rainforest
World Record Rules: The largest tropical rainforest
World Record Number: 20120500019
World Record Validity Period: Until the world record was broken.
World Record Witness: Carrying the Flag World Records certifier 008
World Records Source: World record database of Carrying the Flag
Awarding Certificate Date: May 8, 2012
World Record Details:

         The largest tropical rainforest: the Amazon rainforest. Amazon rainforest Amazon Rain Forest of South America's Amazon basin, covering about 700 square kilometers. Rainforest across the eight countries: Brazil (60% of total forest area), Colombia, Peru, Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia, Guyana and Suriname, occupying half of the area of the world's rainforests, 20% of the forest area, is the world's largest and most species tropical rainforest.