what are the forms of forests?
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Answer:
There are broadly five categories of forests in India. They are named as Tropical evergreen forests, Tropical deciduous forests, Tropical thorn forests, Montane forests, and Swamp forests
THERE ARE 5 MAJOR FORMS OF FORESTS
Explanation: They are
1. Moist tropical forest - annual rainfall ranges between 200 and 250 cm,
annual temperature lies between 24 and 27 degrees, forests are found along the Western Coast, in Upper Assam, lower slopes of the eastern Himalaya, Orissa coast, and neighboring hills.
2. Dry tropical forest - annual rainfall ranges varies from 51 cm to 151.
Trees of these forests drop their leaves in winter, and new leaves are generated after winter.
3. Montane temperate forest- These types of forests are mainly generated in the Northern middle Himalayas ranges (1801 to 3001 m) and Southern Niligiri higher Mountain ranges.
4. Montane subtropical forest-these types of forests are mainly generated in the state of Assam, Nagaland, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh, etc. mountain ranges of Western Ghats are also the abode of these types' forests.
5. Alpine forest-These grasslands start at an elevation of above 3000 m grow up to the region just below the snowline. Alpine grasslands are common with the vegetation not growing higher than 1.5m.