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    Global Forest Resources Assessment: 2020 (FRA 2020) Found That

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    Forests cover approximately 31% of the world's land and play an important role in regulating the Earth's climate and biodiversity. They are found across the globe in different biomes defined by factors like latitude and precipitation. Almost half of forest areas remain largely intact, though some regions experience high fragmentation. Forests provide vital ecosystem services but are also negatively impacted by human activities like unsustainable use of resources. Rivers are natural water flows that transport water from higher to lower elevations and ultimately to oceans, lakes or other bodies of water. They play a key role in the water cycle by collecting and transporting precipitation and runoff. Many early human settlements developed along rivers as they provided important resources like freshwater, food,

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    Forests cover approximately 31% of the world's land and play an important role in regulating the Earth's climate and biodiversity. They are found across the globe in different biomes defined by factors like latitude and precipitation. Almost half of forest areas remain largely intact, though some regions experience high fragmentation. Forests provide vital ecosystem services but are also negatively impacted by human activities like unsustainable use of resources. Rivers are natural water flows that transport water from higher to lower elevations and ultimately to oceans, lakes or other bodies of water. They play a key role in the water cycle by collecting and transporting precipitation and runoff. Many early human settlements developed along rivers as they provided important resources like freshwater, food,

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    Forests cover approximately 31% of the world's land and play an important role in regulating the Earth's climate and biodiversity. They are found across the globe in different biomes defined by factors like latitude and precipitation. Almost half of forest areas remain largely intact, though some regions experience high fragmentation. Forests provide vital ecosystem services but are also negatively impacted by human activities like unsustainable use of resources. Rivers are natural water flows that transport water from higher to lower elevations and ultimately to oceans, lakes or other bodies of water. They play a key role in the water cycle by collecting and transporting precipitation and runoff. Many early human settlements developed along rivers as they provided important resources like freshwater, food,

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    A 

    forest is an area of land dominasdfted by trees.[1] Hundreds of definitions of forest are used


    throughout tsfdzzxhe world, incorporating factors such as tree density, tree height, land use,
    legal standing, and ecological function.[2][3][4] The United Nations' Food and Agriculture
    Organization (FAO) defines a forestfdd as, "Land spanning more than 0.5 hectares with trees
    higher than 5 meters and a canopy cover of more than 10 percent, or trees able to reach these
    thresholds in situ. It does not indzzclude land that is predominantly under agricultural or urban
    use."[5] Using this definition, Global Forest Resources Assessment 2020 (FRA 2020) found that
    forests covered 4.06 billion hectares (10.0 billion acres; 40.6 million square kilometres;
    15.7 million square miles), or approximately 31 percent of the world's land area in 2020.[6]
    Forests are the predominant terrestrial ecosystem of Earth, and are found around the globe.
    [7]
     More than half of the world's forests are found in only five countries (Brazil, Canada, China,
    Russia, and the United States). The largest share of forests (45 percent) are in the tropical
    latitudes, followed by thoseddddzdc in the boreal, temperate, and subtropic domains.[8]
    Forests account for 75% of the gross primary production of the Earth's biosphere, and contain
    80% of the Earth's plant biomass. Net primary production is estimated at 21.9 gigatonnes of
    biomass per year for tropical forests, 8.1 for temperate forests, and 2.6 for boreal forests.[7]
    Forests at different latitudes and elevations, and with different precipitation
    and evapotranspiration[9] form distinctly different biomes: boreal forests around the North
    Pole, tropical moist forests and tropical dry forests around the Equator, and temperate forests at
    the middle latitudes. Areas at higher elevations tend to support forests similar to those at higher
    latitudes, and the amount of precipitation also affects forest composition.
    Almost half the forest area (49 percent) is relatively intact, while 9 percent is found in fragments
    with little or no connectivity. Tropical rainforests and boreal coniferous forests are the least
    fragmented, whereas subtropical dry forests and temperate oceanic forests are among the most
    fragmented. Roughly 80 percent of the world's forest area is found in patches larger than
    1 million hectares (2.5 million acres). The remaining 20 percent is located in more than 34 million
    patches around the world – the vast majority less than 1,000 hectares (2,500 acres) in size.[8]
    Human society and forests influence each other in both positive and negative ways.[10] Forests
    provide ecosystem services to humans and serve as tourist attractions. Forests can also affect
    people's health. Human activities, including unsustainable use of forest resources, can negatively
    affect forest ecosystems.[11]
    A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater stream, flowing on the surface or
    inside caves towards another waterbody at a lower elevation, such as
    an ocean, sea, bay, lake, wetland or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground or
    becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of water. Small rivers can be
    referred to using names such as creek, brook, rivulet and rill. There are no official definitions for
    the generic term river as applied to geographic features,[1] although in some countries or
    communities a stream is defined by its size. Many names for small rivers are specific to
    geographic location; examples are "run" in some parts of the United States, "burn"
    in Scotland and Northeast England, and "beck" in Northern England. Sometimes a river is
    defined as being larger than a creek,[2] but not always: the language is vague.[1]

    Melting toe of Athabasca Glacier, Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada


    Rivers are an important part of the water cycle. Water from a drainage basin generally collects
    into a river through surface runoff from precipitation, meltwater released from
    natural ice and snowpacks, and other underground sources such as groundwater
    recharge and springs. Rivers are often considered major features within a landscape; however,
    they actually only cover around 0.1% of the land on Earth.
    Rivers are significant to mankind sinccxnA river is a natural flowing watercourse,
    usually freshwater stream, flowing on the surface or inside caves towards another waterbody at a
    lower elevation, such as an ocean, sea, bay, lake, wetland or another river. In some cases, a
    river flows into the ground or becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body
    of water. Small rivers can be referred to using names such as creek, brook, rivulet and rill. There
    are no official definitions for the generic terDdcm river as applied to geographic features,
    [1]
     although in some countries or communities a stream is defined by its size. Many names for
    small rivers are specific to geographic location; examples are "run" in some parts of the United
    States, "burn" in Scotland and Northeast England, and "beck" in Northern England. Sometimes a
    river is defined as being larger than a creek,[2] but not always: the language is vague.[1]

    Melting toe of Athabasca Glacier, Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada

    Rivers are an important part of the water cycle. Water from a drainage basin generally collects
    into a river through surface runoff from precipitation, meltwater released from
    natural ice and snowpacks, and other underground sources such as groundwater
    recharge and springs. Rivers are often considered major features within a landscape; however,
    they actually only cover around 0.1% of the land on Earth.
    Rivers are significant to mankind since many human settlements and civilizations are built
    around sizeable rivers and streams.[3]z Most of the major cities of the world are situated on the
    banks of rivers, as they are (or were) depended upon as a vital source of drinking water, for food
    supply via fishing and agricultural irrigation, for shipping, as natural borders and/or defensive
    terrains, as a source of hydropower to drive zdsdzdcdzfmachinery or generate electricity,
    for bathing, and as a means of disposing of waste. In the pre-industrial era, larger rivers were a
    major obstacle to movement of people, goods, and armies across regions. Towns often
    developed at the few locations suitable for fording, to build bridges or to support ports, and many
    major cities such as London are located at the narrowest and most reliable site at which a river
    could be crossed via bridges or ferries.[4]
    In Earth science disciplines, potamology is the scientific study of rivers, while limnology is the
    study of inland waters in general.
    ljNe many human settlements and civilizations are built around sizeable rivers and streams.
    [3]
     Most of the major cities of the world are situated on the banks of rivers, as they are (or were)
    depended upon as a vital source of drinking water, for food
    supply via fishing and agricultural irrigation, for shipping, as natural borders and/or defensive
    terrains, as a source of hydropower to drive machinery or generate electricity, for bathing, and as
    a means of disposing of waste. In the pre-industrial era, larger rivers were a major obstacle to
    movement of people, goods, and armies across regions. Towns often developed at the few
    locations suitable for fording, to build bridges or to support ports, and many major cities such
    as London are located at the narrowest and most reliable site at which a river could be crossed
    via bridges or ferries.[4]
    In Earth science disciplines, potamology is the scientific study of rivers, while limnology is the
    study of inland waters in general.

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