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Question
Distinguish between
Vegetation in India and vegetation in Brazil
Solution
| Vegetation in India | Vegetation in Brazil | |
| 1. | Dominant type of forest | |
| Deciduous forests are dominantly found in India in the regions receiving rainfall between 1000 mm to 2000 mm along with warm and moist summers and cold and dry winters. | It rains throughout the year in most parts of the equatorial region receiving rainfall of about 2000 mm on average. Thus, equatorial forests are dominant in Brazil. | |
| 2. | Coniferous Forest | |
| Coniferous forests are found in places of medium altitudes of Indian Himalayas. E.g.: pine, deodar, fir and at foothills mixed forests are found. | Coniferous forests are not found in Brazil. | |
| 3. | Tropical Evergreen Forests | |
| Tropical evergreen forests are mainly found in the Western Ghats and the north eastern India with regions receiving rainfall of more than 2000 mm. | Tropical evergreen forests are mainly found in northern part of Brazil (Amazon River Basin). | |
| 4. | Temperate Grasslands | |
| Temperate grasslands are found mainly in a small piece of land in Assam. | Temperate grasslands are found in abundance in Pampas. | |
| 5. | Thorny Shrubs | |
| Thorny shrubs are seen in the parts of the states of Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Telangana and Tamil Nadu where the rainfall is very less. | Thorny shrubs are found in Caatinga in Brazil. | |
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