Write any three features of dry deciduous forests.
Answer:
Answer to be written in the exam:
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They are also
called monsoon forests
and spread over the region receiving rainfall between 200 cm and 70 cm.
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Trees of this forest type
shed their leaves for about six to eight weeks in dry summer.
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These forests are further
divided into moist and dry deciduous.
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Moist forests
-These are found in areas receiving rainfall between 200 and 100 cm.
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These forests exist, therefore,
mostly in the eastern part of the country
— northeastern states, along the foothills of the Himalayas, Jharkhand, West Odisha, and Chhattisgarh, and on the eastern slopes of the Western Ghats.
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Teak is the most dominant species
of this forest.
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Bamboos, sal, shisham, sandalwood, Khair, Kusum, Arjun, and mulberry
are other commercially important species.
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The
dry deciduous forests
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are found in areas having
rainfall between 100 cm and 70 cm.
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These forests are found in the
rainier parts of the Peninsular plateau and the plains of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh.
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There are
open stretches where teak, sal, peepal, and neem grow.
- In these forests, the common animals found are lions, tigers, pigs, deer, and elephants.
* Write any 3 points.
