The Maldives

70 meters

Mukhiyapatti

10,715 feet

Contrary to everyone’s belief, Mount Everest can actually be seen from Kathmandu. The Chandragiri hills in Kathmandu offer a panoramic view of the Himalayan ranges and Mount Everest on a clear day.

Russia

Researchers at the US Forest Service chose 25 of the most populated urban areas (only one city per country) to analyse how their tree coverage compared. It put New York in first place (with 39.2% of tree cover), followed by Moscow (29.1%), São Paulo (27.4%), and Paris (26.4%).

The answer is that the world is home to over three trillion trees—with almost half of them living in tropical or subtropical forests. There are roughly 400 trees for every human.

Forest in the Altai Territory of Russia. By the above definition, forests cover approximately 31% of the Earth’s total land area, about 4.06 billion hectares (40.6 million square kilometers)….50 Countries with lowest forest cover in the world (as % of land area)

taiga forest

The Amazon

Gadchiroli Forest

Get closer to nature with our round up of the most beautiful forests in the world.

• 1) Monteverde Cloud Forest, Costa Rica.
• 2) Daintree Rainforest, Australia.
• 3) Amazon Rainforest, Latin America.
• 4) Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Uganda.
• 5) Arashiyama Bamboo Grove, Japan.
• 6) Trossachs National Park, Scotland.

Timber! The world’s 7 most famous trees

• 1: Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi, Sri Lanka.
• 2: General Sherman, USA.
• 3: Burke & Wills Dig Tree, Australia.
• 4: Major Oak, England.
• 5: Methuselah, USA.
• 6: Boab Prison Tree, Australia.
• 7: El Arbol Del Tule, Mexico.

The World’s 12 Most Beautiful Rainforests

• Appalachian Rainforest (United States)
• Harapan (Indonesia)
• North Western Ghats (India)
• Vancouver Island (Canada)
• Primorsky Krai (Siberia, Russia)
• Monteverde (Costa Rica)
• Amazon Rainforest (South America)
• Tongass National Forest (United States)

Forest is both a surname and a given name.

The name Forest is primarily a gender-neutral name of English origin that means From The Woods.

Popular Girls’ Forest Names

• Adoette (Native American origin) meaning “Big Tree.” This Native American name is quite unique.
• Alyvia (Latin origin) meaning “Olive Tree; Forest.” Among the beauitful-sounding girl names.
• Aranya (Thai origin) meaning “Bountiful Forest”.

The name Forest is a boy’s name of French origin meaning “woodsman or woods”. The Forest variation of Forrest, used by actor Whitaker, nudges the meaning more toward the woods and away from the woodsman.

Gender Popularity of the Name “Forrest” Boy or Girl? Forrest: It’s a boy! Since 1880, a total of 44,725 boys have been given the name Forrest while 26 girls were named Forrest.

[name]Forrest[/name] is a legit name for a boy. [name]Forest[/name] is a nature name, so it’s unisex. Actually, I tend to like [name]Forest[/name] better for a girl than a boy. I think it would be a fabulous pick if you choose to use it.