1) Which type of forests occupy maximum area in India?
2) Thomy shrub forests in Deccan Plateau are found in which states?
3) Write the names of any four regions having coastal forests?
4) Why could have cold desert formed in the northern region of India?
5) What type of forests are found in Andaman and Nicobar Isalands?
Answers
Answer:
1) Tropical Deciduous Forests, also called the Monsoon forests occupies highest percentage of area in India. They grow in the areas with annual rainfall of 70-200 cm.
2) The Deccan thorn scrub forests are a xeric shrubland ecoregion of south India and northern Sri Lanka.
3) In India coastal forests can be found in :
West Bengal.
Godavari mouth in Andhra Pradesh.
Mahanadi mouth in Odisha.
Kaveri mouth in Tamil Nadu.
4)In winters a high pressure system builds over Central Asia and a low pressure over the Indian Ocean, resulting in the flow ...
5) “The evergreen forests are dominant in the Central & Southern Islands of the Nicobar group. The moist deciduous forests are common in the Andamans, they are almost absent in the Nicobar Islands. Grasslands occur only in the Nicobars,” noted the report.