Amazon Desert

The Amazon Desert is a desert located in Brazil.
==History==
===Background===
The Amazon was once one of the largest rainforests on Earth, covering almost half of the South American continent. Due to global Tiberium proliferation and its rapid spread into warm equatorial climates after the First Tiberium War, ion storms devastated many of the Earth's forested regions, including the Amazon. One such disaster was the South America Firestorm, which had destroyed almost 5,000 square miles of forested area throughout Central and South America.Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun official site. News Archive: "Planet Watch: Fires Charge Across Precious Forest Land". Las Vegas, Nevada: Westwood Studios, 1999.
By 2047, the Amazon had become an arid desert and was designated as part of the Brazilian Yellow Zone.
===Third Tiberium War===
During the Third Tiberium War, Nod had a secret R&D facility in the Amazon Desert focused on developing Tiberium-based weapons.Electronic Arts Los Angeles, Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars. Nod mission 6: "Amazon Desert". When a similar lab was captured in Casabad by GDI forces, GDI discovered Nod's plans for constructing a Liquid Tiberium bomb.Electronic Arts Los Angeles, Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars. Cinematic: "A Terrifying Discovery". Kilian Qatar ordered the Nod Commander to defend the Amazon lab from a major GDI assault, even though Qatar was unaware of the exact nature of the research conducted there at the time.Electronic Arts, Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars. Cinematic: "Seeds of Doubt".
Following the Third Tiberium War, much of the Amazon area became part of Red Zone R-6.
==References==
Category:Tiberium Wars locations