Ten Largest forest

Oleh Unknown

24/08/2014

During the globalization in this era, where density of tree is decreasing exponentially( in some particular countries) , availability of forest surprising me a lot personally and make me pleasure. But it is concern to all that during this era of globalization, forests are unsafe though importance of trees are being announced all over the world. However the below list is not ascending or descending order. Rather priority list has been made as per the importance of the forests.

#1 AMAZON :

Forest : Amazon | Image source : www.acidcow.com

Total Area : 5,500,000 sq. km

Region : South America

Countries Covered : Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Guyana, Venezuela etc.

Summery : Amazon forest is mainly a rain forest which is located in the bank of the river Amazon. This forest is the largest one in the world with 5,500,000 sq. km of total area. A study is saying that about 390 billion of tress of nearly 16,000 species are available in the forest Amazon.

#2 TAIGA :

Forest : Taiga | Image source : www.knowledgeallianz.com

Total Area : unknown

Region : North Asia, East Asia, Europe, North America

Countries Covered : Russia, Japan, Mongolia, Norway, Sweden, England(UK), Iceland, Finland, USA, Canada

Summery : Taiga, the forest is a type of forest which exist mainly in North America and Asia-Europe separately. But there is a similarity of those area's climate. It is called biome. In fact, in Taiga forest, similar types of trees are available and nature of climate is also similar on those areas.

#3 CONGO RAIN FOREST :

Forest : Congo Rain Forest | Image source : www.kaskus.co.id

Total Area : 1.5 million sq. mile

Region : Middle Africa
Countries Covered : Democratic Republic of Congo, Republic of Congo, Cameroon, Guinea, Gabon
Summery : It is the second largest rain forest ( followed by Amazon ) in the world. More than 11,000 different species of trees and 10,000 animal species are available in this rain forest. Also Pygmies, the people of this forest, have an average height of 4 feet 10 inches.

#4 ECUADOR CLOUD FOREST :

Forest : Ecuador Cloud Forest | Image source : www.fragmentedforest.org

Total Area : 276,800 sq. km

Region : South America
Countries Covered : Ecuador
Summery : The Ecuador Cloud Forest ( or, Fog Forest ) is generally a tropical or sub-tropical forest which is one of the best destination of various types of birds( 1500 bird species approx. ). However higher range of rainfall( up to 10,00 mm/yr in some areas) has made this forest moisture and low temperature( 8-20 deg. C).

#5 VALDIVIAN TEMPERATE :

Forest : Valdivian Temperate | Image source : www.flickr.com

Total Area : 248,100 sq. km

Region : South America
Countries Covered : Chile and Argentina
Summery : The Valdivian Temperate rain forest is a temperate broad leaf and mixed-forest ecoregion named in the name of the city Valdivia.

#6 SUNDARBAN :

Forest : Sundarban | Image source : www.freeclick.com

Total Area : 172,000 sq. km

Region : South-East Asia
Countries Covered : Bangladesh and India
Summery : It is one of the incredible forests in Asia as well as in the world. In the south, sea the Bay of Bengal and the rivers the Padma, Brahmaputra made this forest a delta shape. The Sundarban is specially a mangrove forest and this forest has been inscribed as UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997.

#7 DAINTREE :

Forest : Daintree | Image source : www.daintreevanilla.com

Total Area : 12,000 sq. km

Region : Australia
Countries Covered : Australia
Summery : It is also a tropical rain forest located in the bank of the river Daintree, Australia. One of the world's most complex ecosystem is seen in this rain forest. Ancient Australia was a warm, humid and suffer from insufficient rain . The plant's structural complexity and diversity carries such like evidences.

#8 KINABALU PARK :

Forest : Kinabalu | Image source : www.holidaysinmalaysia.org

Total Area : 775 sq. km

Region : East Asia/ Asia-Pacific
Countries Covered : Malaysia
Summery : Kinabalu Park, one of the national parks in Malaysia,established in 1964. It has been inscribed a UNESCO World Heritage site in the year 2000.

#9 MONTEVERDE :

Forest : Monteverde | Image source : www.tripadvisor.com

Total Area : 105 sq. km

Region : Africa
Countries Covered : Costa Rica
Summery : Monteverde Reserve forest is mainly a cloud forest named in the name of a town Monteverde n 1972. This forest consists of six economical zones and many species of birds( 400 ), mammals( 100 ), reptilians( 120 ) and plants( 2500 ) are available in this forest.

#10 SINGHARAJA :

Forest : Singharaja Nat. Park | Image source : www.srilankaview.com

Total Area : 89 sq. km

Region : South Asia
Countries Covered : Sri Lanka
Summery : Singharaja National Park, located in Sri Lanka, was established officially in the year 1978. It has been designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.

Tag : Geography

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