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Difference between tropical evergreen and thorn forest

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Answered by amrita14rai83
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TROPICAL EVERGREEN FOREST

These forests are restricted to heavy rainfall areas of the Western Ghats and the island groups of Lakshadweep, Andaman and Nicobar of a parts of Assam in Tamil Nadu coast.
They are at their best in areas having more than 200 CM of rainfall with a short dry season.The trees reach great heights upto 60 metres or even above.Since the region is warm and wet throughout the year, it has a luxury and vegetation of all kinds- trees, shrubs and creepers giving it a multi layered structure. There is no definite time for trees to shed their leaves. As such these forests appear green all the year round .
Some of the commercially important trees of this forest are ebony, mahogany, rosewood, rubber and cinchona .
The common animals found in these forests are elephants, monkey, lemur and deer. The one horned rhinoceros are found in the jungles of Assam and West Bengal. Besides these animals plenty of birds, bats, sloth, scorpions and snails are also found in these jungles.


THORN FOREST

In regions with less than 70 cm of rainfall, the natural vegetation consists of thorny trees and bushes. This type of vegetation is found in the North Western part of the country including semi arid areas of Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Haryana. Acacias, palms, euphorbias and cacti are the main plant species. Trees are scattered and have long roots penetrating deep into the soil in order to get moisture. The stems are succulent to conserve water lips are mostly thick and small to minimise evaporation these forests give way to thorn forest and discuss in areas in this forest , the common animals are rats mice rabbits fox wolf tiger lion wild Horses and Camels.
Answered by parvathy14
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EVERGREEN FOREST

These forests are restricted to heavy rainfall

they are found in the areas of the Western Ghats and island groups of Lakshadweep Andaman Nicobar upper part of Assam and Tamil nadu coast

they are at their best in areas having more than 200 CM of rainfall with a short dry season

the trees reach great heights of 60 metres or even above

Some of the important trees in this forest are ebony, mahogany ,Rosewood, rubber and Cinchona

The common animals found in this forest are elephants ,monkey, lemurs and deer.

the one horned rhinoceros are found in the jungles of Assam and West Bengal

besides animals plenty of birds,bats,sloth,scorpions and snails are found in this jungle.

trees in the forest form a multi layered structure

there is no definite time for trees to shed there leaves

THE THORN FOREST

these forests are found in the regions which receive less than 70 cm of rainfall

these type of vegetation is found in the North Western parts of the country including semi arid area of Gujarat Rajasthan Madhya Pradesh Chhattisgarh Uttar Pradesh and Haryana

plant species are having long root which penetrating in to the soil to get moisture

common animals are rat ,mice,wild wolf tiger lion wild horse and camel


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