Mountains and Mountain Forests Global Statistical Summary
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Mountains and Mountain Forests Global Statistical Summary
[edit] Mountain area statistics by region (Km2)
| | | | | | | | |
| North America | 197
| 11417
| 200830
| 1092881
| 1104529
| 1840140
| 4249994
|
| Central America | 38
| 968
| 67127
| 353586
| 259367
| 412215
| 1093301
|
| Caribbean | 32
| 2809
| 5528
| 38322
| 46691
| ||
| South America | 154542
| 583848
| 374380
| 454417
| 465061
| 970707
| 3002955
|
| Europe | | 225
| 497886
| 145838
| 345255
| 1222104
| 2211308
|
| Africa | 73
| 4859
| 101058
| 559559
| 947066
| 1348382
| 2960997
|
| Middle East | 40363
| 128790
| 339954
| 906461
| 721135
| 733836
| 2870539
|
| Russian Federation | 31
| 1122
| 31360
| 360503
| 947368
| 2961976
| 4302360
|
| Far East | 1409259
| 741876
| 627342
| 895837
| 683221
| 1329942
| 5687477
|
| Continental South East Asia | 170445
| 107974
| 97754
| 211425
| 330574
| 931217
| 1849389
|
| Insular South East Asia | 22
| 4366
| 34376
| 120405
| 157970
| 599756
| 916895
|
| Australia | | | 385
| 18718
| 158645
| 177748
| |
| Oceania | | | 41
| 7745
| 29842
| 118010
| 155638
|
| Antarctica | 17
| 1119112
| 4530978
| 165674
| 144524
| 327840
| 6288145
|
| TOTAL
| 1774987
| 2704557
| 6903118
| 5277525
| 6160158
| 12993092
| 35813437
|
[edit] Areas of different forest types occurring in each mountain class (Km2)
| | | | | | | | |
| Tropical (& subtropical) moist forests | 19359
| 83597
| 139607
| 399656
| 482061
| 1197610
| 2321890
|
| Tropical (& subtropical) dry forests | 183
| 15054
| 35293
| 50565
| 107267
| 343390
| 551752
|
| Temperate and boreal deciduous needleleaf forests | | | 151809
| 547984
| 788684
| 1377105
| 2890544
|
| Temperate and boreal evergreen needleleaf forests | 2008
| 22954
| 1241
| 76209
| 313908
| 985600
| 1376958
|
| Temperate and boreal deciduous broadleaf and mixed forests | 1713
| 19832
| 122858
| 476865
| 441055
| 1275723
| 2338046
|
| TOTAL
| 23263
| 141437
| 450808
| 1551279
| 2132975
| 5179428
| 9479190
|
Sources
Mountains derived from U.S. Geological Survey National Mapping Division, EROS Data Center (EDC) (1996) Global 30 Arc Second Elevation Data (GTOPO30)Forests derived from UNEP-WCMC's global forest cover dataset, an update of Iremonger, S., Ravilious, C. and Quinton, T. (Eds.) (1997). A global overview of forest conservation.
[edit] Reference
- Mountain Watch Defining Mountain Regions [1]
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