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klio [65]
3 years ago
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About how much of the world's area is tropical rain forest

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adoni [48]3 years ago
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13 percent<span>Today around 13 percent of Earth's land is covered with tropical forests (about 2 billion hectares or 7.7 million square miles), of which much consists of tropical rainforest. The largest unbroken stretch of rainforest is found in the Amazon river basin of South America</span>
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