The correct answer is - A) 1/4.
Nowadays, the forests in the North American continent cover approximately 25% of its landmass, which comes to 1/4 of the total territory, and it occupies around 500 million hectares.
The forests are unevenly distributed across the continent, and while we have huge forest areas in the southern half of Canada, as we near the Arctic circle they totally disappear, and also we have almost no forests in the central part of the USA but there are big forest areas in the northwestern and northeastern part of the country. The southern part of the continent also has a contrast picture, with its northern half being semi-arid in general, but its southern half being almost totally covered with dense tropical rain-forests.
The right option is; B) 1/3
Approximately 36 or 1/3 portion of North America is covered by forests.
Forests cover about 36 or 1/3 portion of the total land area in North America. The forests in North America are completely different, unique and not evenly distributed within each country. Various forest types such as tropical zones, boreal, and temperate are available in North America. Almost half of the forest cover of this region is found in the land area of Canada. About one-third of the land area of the United States is covered by forests, while more than two-thirds of the land area of Mexico is covered by forests.
