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GEOGRAPHY
Physical - Topography
Largest Forests by Area
This list features the largest forests on Planet Earth based on land area.
RANK | FOREST | LOCATION | AREA (km2) |
1 | Amazon | South America | 5,500,000 |
2 | Canadian Boreal Forest | Canada | 4,200,000 |
3 | East Siberian Taiga | Russia | 3,900,000 |
4 | Scandinavian Boreal Forest | Scandinavia | 2,156,000 |
5 | Congo Rainforest | Congo | 1,780,000 |
6 | New Guinea Tropical Rainforest | Papua New Guinea; Indonesia | 545,000 |
7 | Borneo Lowland Rainforests | Borneo | 290,000 |
8 | Burmese Tropical Rainforest | Myanmar | 233,000 |
9 | Valdivian Rainforest | South America | 166,248 |
10 | Primorye | Russia | 130,000 |
References
WWF. (n.d.). Protecting the Valdivian forests of Chile and Argentina. Available at: https://wwf.panda.org/wwf_offices/argentina/?uProjectID=9L0803#:~:text= (Accessed: 6 July 2025).
NIKIN. (n.d.). The 10 largest forests in the world. Available at: https://en.nikinclothing.com/blogs/nikin-blog/die-10-grossten-walder-der-welt (Accessed: 6 July 2025).
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