The Amazon Rainforest is located in which of the following continents?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → South America
The Amazon Basin, home of the Amazon rainforest, is a low latitude zone of gathering in South America.
Note: The given answer is as per the official NTA Answer Key. The book does not name the continent of the Amazon in clear words. It lists the Amazon Basin among the low latitude zones of gathering, and Fig. 4.2 shows this area in South America.
NCERT (2026-27): “Gathering … Gathering is practised in: (i) high latitude zones which include northern Canada, northern Eurasia and southern Chile; (ii) Low latitude zones such as the Amazon Basin, tropical Africa, Northern fringe of Australia and the interior parts of Southeast Asia (Fig. 4.2).”
Fig. 4.2: Areas of Subsistence Gathering |
