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Global distribution of the temperate deciduous forest biome. Located below the northern boreal forests, [6] temperate deciduous forests make up a significant portion of the land between the Tropic of Cancer (23 °N) and latitudes of 50° North, in addition to areas south of the Tropic of Capricorn (23 °S). [7]
This is a list of countries and territories of the world according to the total area covered by forests, based on data published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). In 2010, the world had 3.92 billion hectares (ha) of tree cover, extending over 30% of its land area.
A temperate forest is a forest found between the tropical and boreal regions, located in the temperate zone. It is the second largest terrestrial biome, covering 25% [ 1 ] of the world's forest area, only behind the boreal forest , which covers about 33%.
Euxine-Colchic deciduous forests: temperate broadleaf rainforest Georgia: Lagodekhi Protected Areas: Caucasus mixed forests: temperate broadleaf forest Georgia: Mtirala National Park: Euxine-Colchic deciduous forests: temperate broadleaf rainforest India: Dudhatoli Mountains, Uttarakhand 6,000 hectares (15,000 acres)
The Central European mixed forests ecoregion (WWF ID: PA0412) is a temperate hardwood forest covering much of northeastern Europe, from Germany to Russia. The area is only about one-third forested, with pressure from human agriculture leaving the rest in a patchwork of traditional pasture, meadows, wetlands.
There are four main types of forest ecosystems in the Valdivian ecoregion. Deciduous forests. At the northern end of the ecoregion are deciduous forests, dominated by deciduous species of southern beech, including rauli (Nothofagus alpina) and roble . This is a transitional zone to the Mediterranean-climate region to the north.
Two distinctive types of deciduous forests are found growing around the world. Temperate deciduous forest biomes are plant communities distributed in North and South America, Asia, Southern slopes of the Himalayas, Europe and for cultivation purposes in Oceania. They have formed under climatic conditions which have great seasonable temperature ...
5.1 Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests. ... Share of global forest in each country. ... Deciduous Forest Region - This region is located between Lake Huron, ...