WORLD CITIES LAND AREA
40 World Cities Land Area
In Square Miles
Divided By 240.65 Square Miles Of Rainforests
That Will Be Destroyed Per Day In The Year 2000
| City |
Square
Miles |
Destruction
% Per Day |
Tokyo |
240 |
1
Day |
Mexico
City |
522 |
2.17 |
Sao
Paulo |
451 |
1.87 |
New
York |
321 |
1.33 |
Seoul |
342 |
1.42 |
Bombay |
95 |
0.39 |
Calcutta |
209 |
0.87 |
Rio
de Janeiro |
260 |
1.08 |
Buenos
Aires |
535 |
2.22 |
Manila |
188 |
0.78 |
Moscow |
379 |
1.57 |
Cairo |
104 |
0.43 |
Jakarta |
76 |
0.32 |
Tehran |
112 |
0.47 |
Los
Angeles |
467 |
1.94 |
Delhi |
138 |
0.57 |
London |
874 |
3.63 |
Paris |
432 |
1.80 |
Lagos |
56 |
0.23 |
Karachi |
190 |
0.79 |
Lima |
120 |
0.49 |
Shanghai |
78 |
0.32 |
Istanbul |
165 |
0.69 |
Taipei |
138 |
0.57 |
Chicago |
228 |
0.95 |
Bogota |
79 |
0.33 |
Bangkok |
102 |
0.42 |
Madras |
115 |
0.48 |
Beijing |
151 |
0.63 |
Hong
Kong |
23 |
0.10 |
Santiago |
128 |
0.53 |
Milan |
344 |
1.43 |
Madrid |
66 |
0.27 |
Baghdad |
97 |
0.40 |
Athens |
116 |
0.48 |
Sydney |
338 |
1.40 |
Caracas |
54 |
0.22 |
Toronto |
154 |
0.64 |
Rome |
69 |
0.29 |
Washington
DC |
357 |
1.48 |
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I - Rainforest Biodiversity
Part II - Scale of Destruction
Part III - Rainforests Destruction Solutions
Part IV - Top 10 Things To Do
Pictures of Rainforests Beauty and Destruction
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