3. What are the main characteristics of the tropical evergreen forests?
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Answer:
Tropical evergreen forests are dense, multi-layered, and harbour many types of plants and animals. These forests are found in the areas receiving heavy rainfall (more than 200 cm annual rainfall). They are very dense. Even the sunlight does not reach the ground.
Explanation:
FEATURES OF TROPICAL EVERGREEN FOREST ARE : i) These evergreen forests are found in warm and wet regions. ii) These are found where the rainfall is more than 200cm, with a short dry season. iii) These are found in the rainy slopes of western ghats,plains of West Bengal and Odisha and the North-eastern India.
Characteristic Features:
Tropical evergreen forests are well stratified, with layers closer to the ground covered with shrubs and creepers, followed by short structured trees, further followed by tall variety of trees. In these forests, trees reach great heights up to 60 m or above.
Two characteristics of tropical evergreen forests are that they always appear green as all the trees do not shed their leaves at the same time. Secondly, these forests are dense and the trees are more than 60 m in height.
➺FEATURES OF TROPICAL EVERGREEN FOREST ARE :
i) These evergreen forests are found in warm and wet regions.
ii) These are found where the rainfall is more than 200cm, with a short dry season.
iii) These are found in the rainy slopes of western ghats,plains of West Bengal and Odisha and the North-eastern India.