Question

Where are the tidal forests found in India ? What are the characteristics of these forests ? Name a few trees found in. these forests.

Answer 1

Tidal or Mangrove Forests:

(a) Location:

The Mangrove Forests are found in the deltaic regions and in and around the tidal creeks. They can be found in the deltas of the Ganga, Brahmaputra, Mahanadi, Godavari, Krishna and Cauvery. The densest and most continuous mangrove forests are found in the Sunderbans in the Ganga delta.

(b) Characteristics:

The forests are composed mainly of evergreen species. The trees have to survive in saline soil amidst constant rise and fall of tides and deep accumulation of mud. The trunks are supported by “stilt-roots”. These act as respiratory roots under submerged conditions. One of the main feature of such forests is profuse growth with tangle of climbers.

(c) Species:

The most common tree in the Sundarbans is Sundari, which gives the forest its name. Other important mangrove trees are Garan, Gewa, Hetal, Keya, Keora, Bog la etc.

Answer 2

Answer:

Explanation:

Tidal forest are found in India in deltas of all major rivers-Ganga-Brahmaputra Delta (the Sundarbans), the Mahanadi deltas, the Godavari, the Krishna, and the Kaveri,

Characteristics of tidal forest are:

1) The trees grow in these forest survive in both water fresh and saline.

2) The thick knot of prop roots that are apparent during low tide and covered during elevated tides.

3) The woods are made mostly out of evergreen species

Trees found in tidal forest are:

Sundri and Hintal.