AMAZON RAINFOREST MAP

Map Description:
Leaf Area Index (LAI) values are high (dark green) throughout the majority of the Amazon Rainforest.

The grasslands south of Amazonia have sparse vegetation (light green) while the Andes to the west are almost completely barren (beige). LAI is defined as the proportion of the Earth’s surface covered by leaves.

Values above 1 indicate multiple overlapping leaves, like the multi-tiered branches of a tree’s crown or multiple layers of vegetation.

Amazon Rainforest Map - © NASA, by Robert Simmon

The following Amazon rainforest map - as delineated by the WWF - shows a yellow line that approximately encloses the Amazon rainforest (although leaving out Venezuela and the Guianas: French Guiana, Guyana and Suriname).