Question

Name the major region for the following:

(i) Tropical evergreen forests

(ii) Arid forests

(iii) Mountain forests

(iv) Tropical monsoonal forests

Answer 1

 (i) Tropical evergreen forests are found in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, West Bengal and on the Western slopes of the Western ghats.

(ii) Arid forests are found in Rajasthan and Southwest Punjab, Southwest Haryana and parts of Gujarat.

(iii) Mountain forests are found in the hilly ranges of northeast India and the Himalayan parts of West Bengal, Bihar and Uttarakhand.

(iv) Tropical monsoonal forests are found in the north-eastern parts of the peninsula, middle, and lower Ganga valley and along the foothills of the Himalayas.