Urban forest
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An urban forest is a forest, or a grove of trees, that grows within a city, town or a suburb. In a wider sense, it may include any kind of woody plant vegetation growing in and around human settlement
This allée of trees, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, is an example so-called "kissing canopies", when the canopies of street trees reach all the way over a road and thus provide dappled shade along the entire route.
Tijuca Forest in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Cherry Blossoms lining the Tidal Basin in Washington, D.C.
Virginia opossum being sheltered by an old tree
Sanjay Gandhi National Park
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Sanjay Gandhi National Park is a 103.84 km2 national park in Mumbai, Maharashtra, with its headquarters situated in Borivali. The national park attracts more than 2 million visitors every year.
Urban forest
…smaller full protection conservation units in the city, they form an extensive natural area that contains the Transcarioca Trail, a 180-km footpath. Sanjay Gandhi National Park in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India is also an example of an urban forest. It covers roughly around 20% area of the city. The forest is filled with many…
River in the national park
Bonnet macaques in Sanjay Gandhi National Park