Region

Amazon Basin

Minerals in windblown Saharan dust replenish nutrients in Amazon rainforest soils, which tropical downpours are constantly washing away.

Source: science.nasa.gov

Where it is

On the Atlas Quest map, the Amazon Basin label sits at 7.0° S, 61.9° W, in the Southern and Western Hemispheres.

Coordinates, names: Natural Earth, public domain.

Nearby places

The closest other places with pages here, measured between map label points:

• Amazonas — about 460 km north-west
• Desierto de Atacama — about 2,000 km south-west
• Sargasso Sea — about 3,900 km north
• North Atlantic Ocean — about 4,800 km north-east

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