Excluding the East European countries and Russia, the country with the largest area under forest, is
(A) USA
(B) Canada
(C) Australia
(D) Brazil
Question Asked : SSC Section Officer (Audit) Exam 2008
Explanation : The forested area (in square kilometres) and countries are : 1. Russia : 7,762,602; 2. Brazil : 4,776,980; 3. Canada : 3,101,340; 4. United States : 3,030,890; and 5. China : 1,821,000. However, when it comes to forested area as per cent of total land area, the list is : Brazil (56.10%); Russia : 45.40%; Canada : 31.06%; United States (30.84%), etc.
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