Anthropogenic Biomes of the World
Wild Forests
Wild Forests are notably characterized by
vast tree cover and a total lack of any civilization and human
interaction. The land in these regions rarely used in any way and
there are no permanent dwellings. The climate varies greatly
because this anthrome represents both equatorial forests and the
boreal forests of the far north.
The top five ecoregions that comprise the wild forests anthrome make
up over 1/3 of all the wild forests and all are in the far north of
North America, Europe, and Asia. These formidable areas of the
planet are huge carbon sinks of evergreen forest with little else
despite use in some of these regions for hydroelectric power.
|
Population
|
Global
Total |
Median |
Min |
Max |
|
billion persons (%) |
persons/km2 |
|
Total
|
0.0 (0.0%)
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Non-Urban
|
0.0 (0.0%)
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
Land Use & Land Cover
|
Global
Total
|
Median |
Min |
Max |
| million km2 (%) |
(cover %) |
|
Total Land Area |
8.2 (6.3%) |
N/A |
|
Urban |
0.0 (0.0%) |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
|
Cultivated |
0.0 (0.0%) |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
|
Irrigated |
0.0 (0.0%) |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
|
Rice Paddy |
0.0 (0.0%) |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
|
Pasture |
0.0 (0.0%) |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
|
Tree Cover |
4.6 (16%) |
49% |
25% |
86% |
|
Bare Earth |
0.09 (0.3%) |
0.4% |
0.0% |
21% |
*Median,
Minimum and Maximum estimates were
calculated after removing the top and bottom
2% of cells in each anthrome based on
the Euclidean distance across the means of variables used for anthrome classification. |