UPSC 2024EnvironmentModerate

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?

a
Amazon Basin
b
Congo Basin
c
Kikori Basin
d
Rio de la Plata Basin
Ecosystems & BiomesPeatlands & Carbon SinksTropical peatlandCarbon emissionsFossil fuelsCongo BasinAmazon Basin

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