SOILS AND NATURAL VEGETATION
NATURAL VEGETATION INDIA
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coniferous
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equatorial forest
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temperate
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monsoon forest
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Detailed explanation-1: -Equatorial forests are also known as evergreen forests. With access to rainfall throughout the year, they don’t shed their leaves and thus the term ‘evergreen’.
Detailed explanation-2: -The other name of tropical evergreen forest is tropical rainforest.
Detailed explanation-3: -The equatorial forests are known as evergreen forests because they dont shed their leaves at once in a particular season and look green throughout the year. The equatorial forest region is found on both sides of the equator and falls in the torrid zone.
Detailed explanation-4: -The equatorial evergreen forest is most commonly called the tropical rainforest as it’s located in the tropics and rains virtually every day.
Detailed explanation-5: -Tropical equatorial rainforests (TER) are located in a band 5-10 degree north & south of the equator (Zero degrees latitude), mostly in the area between the Tropic of Cancer (23.5° N latitude) and the Tropic of Capricorn (23.5° S latitude). This 3, 000 mile (4800 km) wide band is called the “tropics."