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How many square kilometers is the Amazon Rainforest?

5,500,000 square kilometers

Background

The Amazon Rainforest covers about 5.5 million square kilometers. That is larger than the entire European Union. It produces roughly 20 percent of the planet's oxygen. Scientists call it the green lung of Earth.

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