Question

Give a short note on "Tropical Deciduous Forests in India"... [150+ words]

Points : 20 ☺

Answer 1

                              Tropical Deciduous Forests

- These forests are also called Monsoon forests.
- They are found in region receiving rainfall between 200cm-70cm.
- Trees shed their leaves for about six to eight weeks in dry summer season

Tropical Deciduous Forests are regarded as the most widespread forests of India.

These forests are further classified into 2 types on the basis of availability of water.

1) Moist Deciduous
2) Dry Deciduous

Moist Deciduous

i) It is found in regions receiving rainfall 200 cm to 100 cm.
ii) These are found in northeastern states, foothills of  Great Himalayas,eastern part of the country,Odisha , West Bengal , Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and eastern slopes of Eastern Ghats.
iii) Examples of trees - Teak,sal , bamboo, sandalwood , khair , arjun , mulberry,etc

Dry Deciduous

i) These forests are found in regions receiving rainfall between 100 cm- 70 cm.
ii) These are mostly found in the plains of Bihar, Uttar Pradesh , peninsular regions receiving rainfall.
iii) Example of trees -- Teak , sal , Peepal , Neem,etc

- Teak and sal are the most dominant species of trees found in this type of forests.

- Common animals - Lion, tiger , deer , elephant, species of birds, snakes,lizards , tortoises are found here.

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Answer 2

the climatic condition of tropical deciduous forest are
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1)these types of forest will shed their leaves for about 6 -  8 weeks in summer

2)it receives an rainfall between 70 - 200 cm

3)They are also called the monsoon forests

4) there are mainly 2 types of  tropical deciduous forest they are Moist deciduous and dry deciduous 

5) Moist deciduous gets rain fall from 100-200 cm hence it is called MOIST deciduous

6)dry deciduous gets rainfall from 70 -100 cm as they wont receive much rain fall they are called as DRY deciduous
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Dry deciduous 
1)dry deciduous gets rainfall from 70 -100 cm
2)some of the trees found here are Sal , teak etc

Moist deciduous
1)Moist deciduous gets rain fall from 100-200 cm 
2)some of the trees found here are  sal ,teak , mango etc