SSC
PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY
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Question
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Which country has more land with coniferous forest?
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United States
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Canada
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Of the total area of closed boreal forest, 73 percent is in Russia (within the area of the former USSR), 22 percent in Canada and Alaska and 5 percent in the Nordic countries.
Detailed explanation-2: -Canada’s boreal forest: Is the world’s largest intact forest ecosystem. It stretches across 1.2 billion acres (485 million hectares) of northern Canada, from the Yukon to Newfoundland and Labrador. Represents 25 percent of the world’s remaining intact forest, even more than the Amazon rain forest.
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