Wednesday 19 August 2015

10 Countries With Largest Forest Area – Julio Licinio

The following list contains the 10 countries with the largest forest area in the world, along with the percentage of the total land area of the country:

1. Russia – 7,762,602 km Square (2,997,157 mi Square) which are 45.40% of the country’s land area. Russia is not only the largest country in the world, but also the country with the largest forest area. The forest area of Russia alone is the size of the entire continent of Australia!

Forests in Siberia, Russia

2. Brazil – 4,776,980 km Square (1,844,402 mi Square) which are 56.10% of the total land area of Brazil. Brazil is the fifth largest country in the world and over than half of it’s size is forested area, large part of which is the amazon area and its rainforest. The forest area of Brazil is larger than India

Amazon Rainforests in Brazil

3. Canda – 3,101,340 km square (1,197,434 mi square) which are 31.06% of Canada’s land. Canada is the second largest country in the world and its forest area is just about the size of India

Forests in Quebec, Canada

4. United States – 3,030,890 km square (1,170,233 mi square) of forest area which make for 30.84% of the US land

Redwoods forests, California, United States

5. China – 1,821,000 km square (703,092 mi square) which are only 18.21% of the land area of China. China has the smallest precentage of forests on it’s land from all the countries in this top 10 list

Forests in Xibin, China

6. Australia – 1,470,832 km square (567,891 mi square) – 19.00%

Adelaide Hills Forest Range, South Australia

7. Congo (D.R) – 1,219,326 km square (470,784 mi square) which are 52% of the country’s land

Raiforests in Congo

8. Argentina – 945,336 km square (364,996 mi square) – 34% of the land of Argentina is forested area

Iguazu waterfalls in Argentina – a big forested area

9. Indonesia – 884,950 km Square (341,681 mi Square) – 46.46% – almost half of Indonesia is a forest

Forests in Cibodas, indonesia

10. India – 778,424 km Square (300,551 mi Square) – 23.68%

Forests in Karnataka, India

Courtesy: http://10mosttoday.com/10-countries-with-largest-forest-area/

1 comment:

  1. Hi Julio Licinio,images of forest or landscapes are so nice and beautifully way captured, waterfall colorfull rainbow, shaded sky.

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