explain the type of natural vegetation found in the tropics region
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Tropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands are spread over a large area of the tropics with a vegetation made up mainly of low shrubs and grasses, often including sclerophyll species. ... Tree species such as Acacia and baobab may be present in these ecosystems depending on the region.
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The following are the principal types of natural vegetation in India:
(1) Tropical Evergreen Rain Forests,
The tropical evergreen forests usually occur in areas receiving more than 200 cm of rainfall and having a temperature of 15 to 30 degrees Celsius.
They occupy about seven per cent of the earth’s land surface and harbours more than half of the world’s plants and animals.
They are found mostly near the equator. Region is warm and wet throughout the year.
Trees reach great heights up to 60 metres or even above.
It has a luxuriant vegetation of all kinds – trees, shrubs, and creepers giving it a multilayered structure.
(2) Deciduous or Monsoon Type of Forests,
They are the most widespread forests of India.
Also called the monsoon forests and spread over the region receiving rainfall between 200 cm and 70 cm.
Trees of this forest type shed their leaves for about six to eight weeks in dry summer.
On the basis of the availability of water, these forests are further divided into moist and dry deciduous.
(3) Dry Deciduous Forests and Scrubs,
It found in areas receiving rainfall between 200 and 100 cm.
Exist mostly in the eastern part of the country – northeastern states, along the foothills of the Himalayas, Jharkhand, West Orissa and Chhattisgarh, and on the eastern slopes of the Western Ghats.
Teak is the most dominant species of this forest.
Bamboos, sal, shisham, sandalwood, khair , kusum, arjun, mulberry are other commercially important species.
(4) Semi Desert and Desert Vegetation,
(5) Tidal or Mangrove Forests and