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Geography World - Soil and Vegetation

" This kind of natural vegetation are transitional forests found in comparatively dry areas. The trees usually have buttressed trunks with abundant epiphytes. The annual rainfall is around 200-250 cm and mean annual temperature varies from 24°C to 27°C. The dry season is not short too. These forests are less dense with more pure stands."

Which of following Indian forest best explains the above description?

Tropical evergreen Forests

Tropical Dry deciduous forests

Tropical wet deciduous forests

Tropical Semi-evergreen forests

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Explanation:

The semi-evergreen forests are less dense. They are more gregarious [living in flocks or colonies – more pure stands] than the wet evergreen forests.

These forests are characterized by many species.Trees usually have buttressed trunks with abundant epiphytes.

Climatic Conditions: Annual rainfall is 200-250 cm. Mean annual temperature varies from 24°C to 27°C. The relative humidity is about 75 per cent

The dry season is not short like in tropical evergreen forests.Distribution: Western coast, Assam, Lower slopes of the Eastern Himalayas, Odisha andAndamans.

The important species are laurel, rosewood, mesua, thorny bamboo – Western Ghats, whitecedar, Indian chestnut, champa, mango, etc. –Himalayan region.