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Where are evergreen forests found in India? Name any two regions. Give any two characteristics of these forests.
Answer:
Answer to be written in the exam:
Evergreen forests are found in the Western Ghats, Lakshadweep Islands, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, upper parts of Assam, and on the Tamil Nadu coast.
Characteristics of these forests:
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The trees reach great
heights up to 60 meters
or even above.
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As the region is warm and wet throughout the year, it has luxuriant vegetation of all kinds –
trees, shrubs, and creepers giving it a multilayered structure.
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There is
no definite time for trees to shed their leaves
, as such these forests appear green all year round.
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Commercially important trees
of this forest are
ebony, mahogany, rosewood, rubber, and cinchona.
- The common animals f ound in these forests are elephants, monkeys, lemurs,s and deer. One-horned rhinoceroses are found in the jungles of Assam and West Bengal.
*Write any two features.
