The Amazon rainforest is the world's largest rainforest and plays a crucial role in regulating the global climate and producing oxygen, leading to it being popularly referred to as the "lungs of the planet earth."
Which of the following forests is known as the "lungs of the planet earth" ?
Asked in RPSC RAS Prelims 2013 · Topic: Ecology (Major Terrestrial Biomes)
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