Rịba ama amaokwu a dị n'okpuru ma zaa ajụjụ ahụ mgbe e mesịrị n'otu asụsụ ahụ dị ka amaokwu ahụ:  Ọhịa Amazon (Portuguese: Floresta Amazônica ma ọ bụ Amazônia; Spanish: Selva Amazónica, Amazonía ma ọ bụ na-abụkarị Amazonia; French: Forêt amazonienne; Dutch: Amazoneregenwoud), nke a makwaara na Bekee dị ka Amazonia ma ọ bụ Amazon Jungle, bụ oke ọhịa dị larịị nke dị na Amazon biome nke na-ekpuchi ọtụtụ ebe Amazon nke South America. Ebe a na-ekpuchi 7,000,000 square km (2,700,000 sq mi), nke 5,500,000 square km (2,100,000 sq mi) bụ nke oke ọhịa kpuchiri. Ógbè a gụnyere ókèala nke mba itoolu. Ihe ka ọtụtụ n'ọhịa dị n'ime Brazil, na 60% nke oke ọhịa mmiri ozuzo, nke Peru na 13%, Colombia na 10%, na obere ego na Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia, Guyana, Suriname na France (French Guiana). Steeti ma ọ bụ ngalaba dị ná mba anọ nwere "Amazonas" n'aha ha. Amazon na-anọchite anya ihe karịrị ọkara nke oké ọhịa ndị fọdụrụnụ n'ụwa, ọ na-agụnyekwa nnukwu ọhịa na oke ọhịa nke oke mmiri ozuzo n'ụwa, nke nwere ihe dị ka ijeri osisi 390 nke kewara n'ime ụdị 16,000.  Ajụjụ: Olee steeti ma ọ bụ ngalaba ole, nke nwere akụkụ Amazon nwere "Amazonas" n'aha ha?
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