Venezuela's territory covers around 916,445 square kilometres (353,841 sq mi) with an estimated population of approximately 29,100,000. Venezuela is considered a state with extremely high biodiversity, with habitats ranging from the Andes mountains in the west to the Amazon Basin rainforest in ...
The world’s tropical rainforests are in South and Central America, Africa, Australia, and cover only about 6% of the Earth’s surface. The largest tropical rainforest regions are in the Amazon River Basin, the Congo River Basin, and throughout much of Southeast Asia. There are many smaller...
Some of the environmental issues for Ecuador relate to land and water. There is water pollution, in addition to effluence from oil production wastes in the ecologically sensitive areas of the Amazon Basin and Galapagos Islands. The country also has deforestation, soil erosion and desertification. ...
The Amazon basin contains the world's largest rainforest and the world's largest and longest river. Brazil is also one of the world's most important sources of gemstones with impressive deposits of amethyst, topaz, agate, beryls, and tourmaline. ...
Estimating above-ground biomass of subtropical forest using airborne LiDAR in Hong Kong ArticleOpen access18 January 2021 Background & Summary The Amazon basin in South America is an emblematic region in the global environmental discussion due to its extensive ecosystems1,2, its diverse biodiversity1...
West of the Central Lowland is the mighty Cordillera, part of a global mountain system that rings the Pacific basin. The Cordilleraencompassesfully one-third of the United States, with an internal varietycommensuratewith its size. At its eastern margin lie the Rocky Mountains, a high, diverse,...
The two largest human inhabited antipodal areas are located in East Asia (China,Mongolia) and South America (ArgentinaandChile). The largest antipodal land masses are the Malay Archipelago (Indonesia,Philippines,New Guinea), antipodal to theAmazon Basinand adjoiningAndeanranges. ...
Asia is bounded by theArctic Oceanto the north, thePacific Oceanto the east, theIndian Oceanto the south, theRed Sea(as well as the inland seas of theAtlantic Ocean—the Mediterranean and theBlack) to the southwest, andEuropeto the west. Asia is separated fromNorth Americato the northeast...
The Pando Department is an undeveloped, sparsely populated, densely forested and remote region in the Tropical Lowlands of Boliviain the Amazon Basin on the border with Brazil.BoliviaType: Country with 12,000,000 residents Description: sovereign state in South America Languages: Spanish, Quechua and...
Below are the Top 10 surprising findings from the 2020 Map of Biodiversity Importance initiative. 01 / 10 1. Rainforests and coral reefs aren't the only places that matter. When most people think about biodiversity hotspots, they envision lush rainforests like the Amazon basin, or coral reefs ...