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Natural Vegetation Flashcards

1
Q

Write three points of project tiger

A

Maintaining considerable population of tigers
Preserve areas of biological importance
In 44 tiger reserves in 17 states

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Man and biosphere programme is started by which organisation?
In which year?
Aim?

A

UNESCO
1971
To establish scientific basis to improve relationships of people and their environment

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3
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What are the main types of forest in india?
What are the three types of tropical forests?

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Tropical
Sub tropical
Temperate
Alpine/sub alpine
Littoral

Tropical evergreen
Tropical deciduous
Tropical thorny vegetation

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Wet evergreen forest

  • Tempreture
    *Rainfall
    *Area where found
    *Vegetaion
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24°C and above
* 250cm and above
* Western slope of western ghat, hills of north east , andaman and Nicobar
* rosewood, ebony, mahogany, rubber, cinchona, bamboo, coconut, palms, canes, lianas,

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Tropical semi evergreen

  • Tempreture
  • Rainfall
    *Areas
    *Vegetation
A

24 and above
200-250
Western coast
Eastern coast of oddisha
Upper Assam
white cedar, hollock, kail, Orchids, ferns, grasses ,herbs

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Tropical dry evergreen
*Tempreture
*Rainfall
*Area
*Vegetation (other than the similar with twe)

A

24 and above
Plenty of rain but dry season longer
Eastern tamil nadu
Maba, Calotropis, Pabatta, Feronia, Canthium, Zizyphus, Randia

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Tropical moist deciduous

Rainfall
Areas
Vegetation

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150-200cm
Western side of Deccan, mumbai, gangetic plains, odisha, north east andhra, punjab, assam valley east

Teak, Sal, Sheesham, Hurra, Mahua, Amla, Semul, Kusum, Sandalwood

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Tropical dry deciduous

Rainfall
Area
Vegetation

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70 and 100 cm
Punjab, U.P., and Bihar, Orissa, M.P. and large part of Indian peninsula

In north, the forests are dominated by sal and in south by teak. Tendu, palas, amaltas, bel, kair, axlewood, etc.

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tropical thorny forest
Rainfall
Vegetation
Undergrowth

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Less than 50cm
Tress 8-10m in height
babool, ber, khejri, date palm, khair, neem, palas, acacia etc.
Tussocky grass (up to two metres)

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10
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Wet Temperate evergreen forest
Height
Vegetation example

A

1000-1500/2000
Oak , chestnut

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11
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Pine forest
* Height
* Vegetation

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1500-1750m
Deodar, chinar, walnut

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12
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Temperate coniferous forest
* Height
* Vegetation

A

2000-3000m
Blue pine,spruce

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13
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Temperate grassland
* Height

A

3000-3600m

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14
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Alpine forests
* Height
* Vegetation

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3600-4000m
Rhododendron, junipers, silver fir, pines, birch,
Upper- scrubs, shurbs

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15
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Alpine grassland

A

4000-7000m

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16
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Tribes of mountains in India (western Himalayas)

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Gujjar, bakarwal, bhotiya,gaddis

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