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Amazonia refers to the Amazon rainforest. Amazonia may also refer to:


Places

* Amazonia, Missouri, a village in the US * Amazon basin, the river basin drained by the Amazon River * Amazon biome, a biome that covers most of the Amazon basin and some adjoining areas * Amazon natural region, a region of Colombia * Amazon Region (Ecuador) *
Amazônia Legal Amazônia Legal (), also known as Brazil's Legal Amazon (BLA), is the largest socio-geographic division in Brazil, containing all nine states in the Amazon basin. The government designated this region in 1948 based on its studies on how to plan ...
, the largest socio-geographic division in Brazil *
Amazônia National Park The Amazônia National Park ( pt, Parque Nacional da Amazônia) was created in 1974, as a national park comprising 1,070,737 ha. It is situated in Itaituba and Trairão municipalities, Pará state, in the north region of Brazil. It is located in t ...
, Brazil *
Amazonian Craton The Amazonian Craton is a geologic province located in South America. It occupies a large portion of the central, north and eastern part of the continent and represents one of Earth's largest cratonic regions. The Guiana Shield and Central Braz ...
, a craton in the Precambrian * Amazons, also known as Amazonia, a queendom in Scythian (Altai Mountains) and Greek (Anatolia, Turkey) mythology *
French Guiana French Guiana ( or ; french: link=no, Guyane ; gcr, label=French Guianese Creole, Lagwiyann ) is an overseas department/region and single territorial collectivity of France on the northern Atlantic coast of South America in the Guianas. ...
, seeking Independence as the Republic of Amazonia *
North Region, Brazil The North Region of Brazil ( pt, Região Norte do Brasil; ) is the largest region of Brazil, corresponding to 45.27% of the national territory. It is the second least inhabited of the country, and contributes with a minor percentage in the national ...
, also known as Amazônia *
Peruvian Amazon Peruvian Amazonia ( es, Amazonía del Perú) is the area of the Amazon rainforest included within the country of Peru, from east of the Andes to the borders with Ecuador, Colombia, Brazil and Bolivia. This region comprises 60% of the country ...
, the portion of the Amazon basin in Peru


Arts, entertainment, and media


Films

* ''Amazonia'' (film), a 2013 documentary film * ''White Slave'' (film), a 1985 horror film, also known as ''Amazonia: The Catherine Miles Story''


Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

* ''Amazonia'' (2002), an action-adventure novel by James Rollins * ''Amazônia'' (album), a 2021 album by Jean-Michel Jarre *Amazonia, a fictional kingdom of women in ''
The Book of the City of Ladies ''The Book of the City of Ladies'' or ''Le Livre de la Cité des Dames'' (finished by 1405), is perhaps Christine de Pizan's most famous literary work, and it is her second work of lengthy prose. Pizan uses the vernacular French language to compo ...
'' *'' Wonder Woman: Amazonia'', a one-shot comic book about Wonder Woman *"Amazonia", the second single from the 2021 album
Fortitude (album) ''Fortitude'' is the seventh studio album by French heavy metal band Gojira. The album was released on 30 April 2021 through Roadrunner Records. Recorded at the band's studio in New York City, it was produced by lead vocalist Joe Duplantier, ...
by Gojira


Other uses

* ''Amazonia'' (fungus), a genus of fungi *
Amazônia-1 The Amazônia-1 or SSR-1 (in Portuguese: ''Satélite de Sensoriamento Remoto-1''), is the first Earth observation satellite developed by Brazil, helped by Argentina's INVAP, who provided the main computer, attitude controls and sensors, and the ...
, a Brazilian satellite *
Amazonian languages Amazonian languages is the term used to refer to the indigenous languages of "Greater Amazonia." This area is significantly larger than the Amazon and extends from the Atlantic coast all the way to the Andes, while its southern border is usual ...
, the indigenous languages of "Greater Amazonia" * MV ''Geysir'', a cargo ship originally named ''Amazonia'' * The Amazonia Conference, a global warming activist organization *Universidad de la Amazonía ( University of the Amazon), a public university in Florencia, Caquetá, Colombia


See also

* Amazon (disambiguation) *
Ambazonia Ambazonia, officially the Federal Republic of Ambazonia, also referred to as Amba Land, is an unrecognised breakaway state in West Africa which claims the Northwest Region and Southwest Region of Cameroon, though it currently controls almost ...
* Amazonis Planitia {{disambig, geo