Question

What are the main type of vegetation found in india?

Answer 1

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

NEED EXPLANATION OF THESE VEGETATIONS

Answer 2

$\mathtt{\bf{\large{\underline {\red{ANSWER :-}}}}}$

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There are 5 types of Vegetation found in India:-

• Tropical Evergreen Forests

• Tropical Deciduous Forests

• Tropical Thorn Forests and Scrubs

• Montane Forests

• Mangrove Forests

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$\mathtt{\bf{\large{\underline {\pink{Evergreen \: forest :-}}}}}$

➦ Evergreen forests are mostly found in the areas of heavy rainfall and receive a high amount of sunlight.

➦ In India these types of forest are found in the North-east, western ghats, West Bengal and Odisha .

➦ Trees found :- Banksia, coniferous, eucalyptus, Live oak.

➦ Animals found :- Elephants, monkeys, deer, one-horned rhino, birds, bats, sloth,snails.

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$\mathtt{\bf{\large{\underline {\green{Tropical \: deciduous \:forest:-}}}}}$

➦ Deciduous forest get rainfall above 200cm.

➦ In these forest trees shed their leaves for 6-8 weeks in dry summer.

➦ Tress found :- Teak,bamboo, neem, mulberry.

➦ Animals found :- Lion, tiger, deer, tortoise, elephants, birds, lizards.

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$\mathtt{\bf{\large{\underline {\blue{Tropical \:Thorn \:Forests \:and \:Scrubs:-}}}}}$

➦ The thorn forests and scrubs receive less rainfall then 70 cm.

➦ These vegetation are found in north western part of India.

➦ Trees found:- Palms, euphorbia, cactus, acacias.

➦ Animals found:- Rabbits, fox, camel, wolf.

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$\mathtt{\bf{\large{\underline {\purple{Montane \:Forests :-}}}}}$

➦ These forests are found generally in high altitude regions, of height 1000-2000 m (3600m above sea level)

➦ In India Montane forests are found in the hilly areas of Assam, West Bengal, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, himalayas and Nagaland.

➦ Trees found :- silver fir, juniper, pines.

➦ Animals found :- Jack rabbit, wild sheep, spotted deer.

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$\mathtt{\bf{\large{\underline {\orange{Mangrove \:Forests :-}}}}}$

➦ These forests are found in the areas where coast is influence by tides, mud and silt are accumulated on such coasts.

➦ In India such vegetations are found in the deltas of Ganga, mahanadi, krishna, kaveri and Godavari.

➦ Trees found :- coconut, palm, agar.

➦ Animals found:- Royal bengal tiger,snakes, tortoise, crocodile.

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