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Tropical forests of the Amazon covers the territory of 6 million square meters. km in 9 different countries, 60% occurring in Brazil. According to the biological diversity is one of the richest areas in the world. Here, collected about 20% of all plant species growing on the planet, 10% of birds and mammals on the planet. In the heart of this region runs the Amazon, which occupies the 2nd place in the world in length. This river has more than 1000 tributaries and carries more than 20% of the planet's fresh water. In the Amazon River are found about 2000 different species of fish, more than all European rivers, not to mention reptiles, such as the caiman (crocodiles), giant anaconda, mammals manatees (sea cows), and pink dolphins. Manaus - capital of the state of Amazonia, with a population of about 1 million people. The city became world famous during the rubber boom of the last century. Money flowed a river, the city is actively built. Since then perfectly preserved building of the Opera. It was erected in 1896, and all building materials, despite the enormous costs of delivery, ordered in Europe. Due to natural rubber became the second city of Manaus in Brazil, where electric lights appeared, and the first where allowed trolley. Rubber fever quickly ended, and the Opera House became a symbol of the city - beautiful buildings in the jungle, this combination is probably not found anywhere else in the world. Of the most popular tour - The meeting of two rivers (two tributary of the Amazon, merging, do not mix, and over several kilometers of water flow, not mixing two colors simultaneously), and night hunting for caiman.