Question

explain the types of vegetations in india

Answer 1

Types of Natural Vegetation

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 and

#1. Tropical Evergreen 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.

#2. Tropical Deciduous 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.

#3. Moist deciduous forests:

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.

#4.Dry Deciduous Forests:

The dry deciduous forests are found in areas having rainfall between 100 cm and 70cm.

These forests are found in the rainier parts of the peninsular plateau and the plains of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh.

#5. The Thorn Forests and Scrubs:

In regions with less than 70 cm of rainfall, the natural vegetation consists of thorny trees and bushes.

Found in the north­western part of the country including semi­arid areas of Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana.

#6.Montane Forests:

In mountainous areas, the decrease in temperature with increasing altitude leads to the corresponding change in natural vegetation.

As such, there is a succession of natural vegetation belts in the same order as we see from the tropical to the tundra region.

#7.Mangrove Forests:

Found in the areas of coasts influenced by tides.

Mud and silt get accumulated on such coasts.

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