SSC
INDIAN GEOGRAPHY
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Question
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Tropical evergreen forests
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Tropical deciduous forests
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Mountain forests
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Mangrove forests
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Detailed explanation-1: -Complete answer: The forest seen in Assam and Meghalaya are evergreen forests. The rainforest or evergreen forest stretches from Assam to Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura and Meghalaya. Most of this region is at an altitude of 900 m. India is known for the moist Sal which are found in this region.
Detailed explanation-2: -As per this assessment, the state has 18 forest types belonging to five forest type groups viz Tropical Wet Evergreen, Tropical Semi Evergreen, Tropical Moist Deciduous, Tropical Dry Deciduous and Sub Tropical Pine Forests.
Detailed explanation-3: –Tropical wet evergreen forests: these forests (group 1 as per Champion and Seth’s classification) occur in the states of Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamilnadu, Kerala, Andaman and Nicobar islands in the south and in the entire northeastern region including the sub-mountain division of West Bengal (4).