Question

difference between evergreen and decidous forests

Answer 1

Evergreen forest

i)Tropical Rain Forests occur in the areas which receive heavy rainfall.

ii)These are very dense.

iii)The trees of these forests shed their leaves at different times of a year.

Deciduous forest

i)These forests are also called monsoon forests.

ii)These are less dense.

iii)The trees of these forests shed their leaves at a particular time of a year.

Answer 2

Differentiate between Tropical Evergreen Forests and Deciduous forest..

Answer:

Tropical Evergreen Forests

Tropical evergreen forests are found in those regions which receive more than 200 cm of rainfall.

Deciduous forests are found in the regions which receive rainfall between 200-70 cm.

The trees of the tropical evergreen forests do not shed their leaves at a same time as there is no particular season for shedding their leaves.

The trees of the deciduous forests shed their leaves for about six to eight months during the dry season.

Tropical evergreen forests are dense.

Deciduous forests are less dense.

Tropical ever green forests are found in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, upper parts of Assam and Tamil Nadu and on the western slopes of the western Ghats.

Deciduous forests are found in North-eastern states, parts of Central India, West Orissa and Chhattisgarh.

Some of the species of the trees in ever green forests are ebony, mahagony, rosewood and rubber.

Some of the species of the trees in deciduous forests are sandalwood, teak and sal.....