A Amazon Rainforest shi ne mafi girma Rainforest a duniya, rufe da wani yanki na 6.000.000 km 2 (2316612.95 square miles). Yana wakiltar sama da rabin gandun daji na duniya, kuma ya ƙunshi mafi girma kuma mafi yawan nau'ikan halittun gandun daji na wurare masu zafi a duniya. Wannan yanki ya haɗa da yankin mallakar ƙasashe tara. Yawancin gandun dajin yana cikin Brazil, tare da kashi 60%, sai Peru da 13%, Colombia tare da 10%, kuma tare da adadi kaɗan a Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia, Guyana, Suriname da Guiana ta Faransa. A zamanin pre-Columbian, sassan gandun daji na Amazon sun kasance yankuna masu yawan jama'a tare da buɗe aikin gona. Kafin shekarun 1970, samun damar shiga cikin gandun dajin wanda ba shi da hanya sosai yana da wahala, kuma ban da share bangare tare da rafuka dajin bai ci gaba da sareWa. An sare gandun dazuzzuka ƙwarai biyo bayan buɗe manyan hanyoyi cikin zurfin daji, kamar babbar hanyar Trans-Amazonian a 1972.A cikin sassan Amazon, ƙasa mara kyau ta sa aikin gona na tushen shuka ba shi da amfani.