Amazonas

Amazonas is the largest state of Brazil in area, located in the northern part of the country. Neighboring states are (from north clockwise) Roraima, Pará, Mato Grosso, Rondônia, Acre. It also borders Peru, Colombia and Venezuela. This includes the department Amazonas in Colombia, as well as the Amazonas State, Venezuela (it does not border the Peruvian Amazonas Region). Amazonas has a territory covered mostly by rainforest, covering a vast area of Amazon Rainforest. The state is named after the Amazon River. Amazonas is home to the highest mountain in Brazil; Pico da Neblina, a tepui which stands at 2,994 meters above sea level. The state is almost entirely covered by the Amazon rainforest, 98% according to officials (1), and its relief is divided into three categories, viz: igapos - permanently flooded land, roots of vegetation always submerged varzeas - higher than igapos, land is only submerged when rivers are at their highest during the wet season low plateau - higher still, never submerged This wide and varied terrain means that the Amazonas region attracts a large number of tourists.