One of the following regions has the world's largest tropical peatland, which holds about three years worth…
One of the following regions has the world's largest tropical peatland, which holds about three years worth of global carbon emissions from fossil fuels; and the possible destruction of which can exert detrimental effect on the global climate. Which one of the following denotes that region?
Amazon Basin
Congo Basin
Kikon Basin
Rio de la Plata Basin
Solution
The Cuvette Centrale peatlands in the Congo Basin (DRC and Republic of Congo) are the world's largest tropical peatland complex, storing about 30 GtC — roughly equivalent to three years of global fossil-fuel CO2 emissions.