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The Amazon rainforest, [a] also called Amazon jungle or Amazonia, is a moist broadleaf tropical rainforest in the Amazon biome that covers most of the Amazon basin of South America. This basin encompasses 7,000,000 km 2 (2,700,000 sq mi), [2] of which 6,000,000 km 2 (2,300,000 sq mi) are covered by the rainforest. [3]
In 2019 a total area of 16.5% [2] of Sri Lanka was forested. In 2010, it was 28.8% [3] (and 32.2% in 1995. [4]) 9.0% [5] of Sri Lanka's forests are classified as primary forest (the most biodiverse form of forest and the biggest carbon sinks on Earth). Sri Lanka's forests contain 61 million metric tons of carbon in living forest biomass (in ...
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This forest encompasses an area of 36,000 hectares (88,960 acres/360 km 2). [3] The reserve is only 21 km (13 mi) from east to west, and a maximum of 7 km (4.3 mi) from north to south, but it is a treasure trove of endemic species, including trees, insects, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals. Sinharaja forest vegetation density has been ...
ALL OUT! Maxwell removes Asalanka and Sri Lanka are skittled for 209. END OF PLAY! Australia win by 5 wickets to keep World Cup hopes alive. Australia vs Sri Lanka. 17:06. Australia win by 5 ...
NASA satellite view of Sri Lanka revealing sparser areas of forest to the north and east of the island Deforestation is one of the most serious environmental issues in Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka's current forest cover as of 2017 was 29.7%. [37] In the 1920s, the island had a 49 percent forest cover but by 2005 this had fallen by approximately 26 percent.