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Long Answer Question:
Why are Equatorial forests not commercially important?
Solution
Equatorial forests are not commercially important because of the following reasons :
- Equatorial forests are dense and have a large number of varieties of trees in mixed stands. Pure strands of trees are not found as in the coniferous forests.
- Valuable species are found scattered over a large area.
- The ground is damp and slushy and the construction of roads, the railway line is difficult.
- The climate is also oppressive due to high temperatures, high humidity, and heavy rainfall.
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