GK
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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True
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False
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Amazon is home to more species of plants and animals than any other terrestrial ecosystem on the planet–perhaps 30 percent of the world’s species are found there. The following numbers represent a sampling of its astounding levels of biodiversity: 40, 000 plant species. 16, 000 tree species.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Amazonian rainforest is a tropical rainforest in Brazil. It is known to have the greatest biodiversity on Earth. It is home to more than 40, 000 species of plants, 3, 000 fishes, 1, 300 species of birds, 427 mammals, 427 amphibians, 378 reptiles, and more than 1, 25, 000 species of invertebrates.
Detailed explanation-3: -Roughly half of the world’s species can be found here, with an estimated 40 to 100 or more different species of trees present in each hectare. Tropical rainforests are the most biologically diverse terrestrial ecosystems in the world.