Describe any five features of montane vegetation in india
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the wet temp. type of forests are found between rhe hight of 1000 and 2000m
solver fir areone ofthem
Answer:
In mountain areas, the decrease in temperature with increasing altitude leads to a corresponding change in natural vegetation thus making a succession of natural vegetation belts.
(i) The wet temperate type of forests are found betwen a height of 1000 and 200 metres
(ii) Evergreen broad leaf trees such as oaks and chestnuts predominate.
iv) Between 1500 and 3000 metres, temperate rorests Containing coniterous trees like pine, deodar, silver fir
(v) These forests cover mostly the southern slopes or the imalayas, places at high altitude in southern anc
North-east India.
spruce and cedar are found.
At higher elevations, temperate grasslands are common.
vii) At high altitudes, generally more than 3600 metres above sea level, temperate forests and grasslands give rise to
way to than AIpine vegetation.
Silver fir, junipers, pines and birches are the common trees of these forests.
ix) These get progressively stunted as they approach the snow-line, ultimately merging into the Alpine grasslands.
( At higher altitudes, mosses and ichens form part of tundra vegetation.
oi) The common animals found in these forests are Kashmir stag, spotted deer, wild sheep, jack rabbit, Tibetan antelope, yak, snow leopard, squirrels, shaggy horn wild ibex, bear, rare red panda, sheep and goats with
thick hair
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