Question

Explain the classification of natural vegetation of India on various bases.

Answer 1

The following are the principal types of natural vegetation in India:

(1) Tropical Evergreen Rain Forests,

(2) Deciduous or Monsoon Type of Forests,

(3) Dry Deciduous Forests and Scrubs,

(4) Semi Desert and Desert Vegetation,

(5) Tidal or Mangrove Forests

Answer 2

Annual Rainfall

Type of Vegetation

200 cm or more-Evergreen Rain Forests

100 to 200 cm-Monsoon Deciduous Forests

50 to 100 cm-Drier Deciduous or Tropical Savanna

25 to 50 cm-Dry Thorny Scrub (Semi-arid)

Below 25 cm-Desert (Arid

Tropical Moist Deciduous
Tropical Dry Deciduous
Tropical Wet Evergreen
Sub-Tropical Moist Hill
Tropical Semi-Evergreen