Question

Write the differentiation between - Tropical Evergreen and Tropical Deciduous Forest.​

Answer 1

Explanation:

Tropical Evergreen Forests are found in the regions receiving more than 200 cm of rainfall. Tropical Deciduous Forests are found in the region having rainfall in the range of 70 cm – 200 cm. The trees of the deciduous forests shed their leaves for about six to eight months during the dry season.

Answer 2

Answer:

Tropical Evergreen forests ( also called Tropical rainforests)

✸ Location: Found near the Equator and the tropics

✸ Climate: Hot and wet throughout the year

✸ Features:

• trees don't shed their leaves entirely because there's no dry season here
• temperature requirement lies between 15°C and ad 30°C
• examples of trees found here:- ebony, mahogany and rosewood
• have well layered/stratified trees

Tropical deciduous forests (also called Monsoon forests)

✸ Location: found in tropical areas, majorly along the foothills of the Himalayas

✸ Climate: dry but enough to support a plant cover

✸ Features:

• trees shed their leaves in the dry season
• trees here undergo seasonal changes
• examples of trees found here:- neem, sal, teak and shisham
• most widespread forests in India