Question

Write a note on tropical ever green forest

Answer 1

Tropical evergreen forests (or tropical rain forests) are usually found in areas receiving more than 234 cm of rainfall and having a monthly mean temperature of 18 °C or higher in the coldest months. They occupy about seven percent of the Earth's surface and harbour more than half of the planet's terrestrial plants and animals. Tropical evergreen forests are dense, multi-layered, and harbour many types of plants and animals. These forest are found in the areas receiving heavy rainfall(more than 200 cm annual rainfall).They are very dense. Even the sunlight does not reach the ground. Numerous speices of trees are found in these forest. Different types of trees shed there leaves at different times of the year. Therefore,these forests always appear green and are known as evergreen forests. These forest are found in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands,along the slopes of Western Ghats and parts of North -eastern states of Assam, West Bengal and Odisha. These areas experience hot and humid climate with short dry season. The important trees of these forests are rosewood,ebony and mahogany