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Boreal forests contain
coniferous trees, such as pines
and firs, and some deciduous
trees, such as birch.
WOODED WORLD
Temperate
broad-leaved
forests include trees
such as oak, beech,
Boreal Temperate and maple, which
broad-leaved thrive in mild
Tropical Temperate coniferous (or “temperate”)
climates.
This map shows the distribution
of forests in the world. Tropical
forests grow near the equator,
while boreal forests grow in cool, Tropical rain forests have
northern regions near the Arctic. a year-round wet and
warm climate, allowing
trees such as the brazil nut
to thrive and grow tall.
Temperate coniferous
forests contain cone-bearing If Earth’s
pine and fir trees, which forests were
are identified by their put together,
needle-shaped leaves.
they would cover
most of North
and South
America.
How many
trees are there?
Forests cover nearly one-third of our planet’s
land. There are an estimated 3 trillion trees
on Earth, but billions of trees are being lost
every year through deforestation.
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