The Amazon Rainforest - Statistics

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Country that owns around 60% of the Amazon rainforest	Brazil	97%
Country with the second largest portion, approximately 13%	Peru	90%
Mountain range to the west	Andes	84%
Ocean in which the Amazon River drains	Atlantic Ocean	84%
French overseas region covered 95% by the Amazon rainforest	French Guiana	81%
Fish species known for their sharp teeth and ferocious feasting behavior	Piranha	74%
Largest cat species in the Amazon, and third largest in the world	Jaguar	71%
Pink aquatic mammal that is a predator of the above	Amazon river {dolphin}	65%
Desert containing nutrients that travel across the ocean to fertilize the Amazon	Sahara	61%
Largest city in the Amazon basin	Manaus	58%
Due to its size, isolation and constant floods, none of these structures have been built on the Amazon River	Bridges	52%
Major river tributary that ends in that city	Rio Negro	45%
The Amazonian Sateré-Mawé tribe uses gloves filled with these venomous and painful insects as a ritual to turn boys into men	{Bullet} ants	42%
State that the above city is the capital of	Amazonas	39%
Greater Amazonia is home to 300-350 of these	Languages	32%
Longest tributaries of the Amazon River	Madeira	13%
Table-top mountain on the tripoint border of Brazil, Guyana, and Venezuela	Mount Roraima	13%
Longest tributaries of the Amazon River	Purus	10%
Native Pemon word for that type of mountain	Tepui	10%
Longest tributaries of the Amazon River	Juruá	6%

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