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March 07, 2014

SSC CGL Study Materials - Natural Vegetation of India

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Friends, here is the Fifth Lesson of our SSC CGL Geography Study Materials series. You can get remaining lessons below this post. In this post we shall discuss the important points of Natural Vegetation in India. Natural Vegetation of a country is nothing but different types of forests that are found in that country.
  • Two factors which influence forest types - Climate and Soil
  • Total Forest Area - 6,92,027 Km2  (As per India State of Forest Report, 2011)
  • Present India's forest cover - 23.07%
  • Needed Forest Cover to maintain ecological balance - 33%
  • The largest forest cover - Madhya Pradesh (77265sq kms)
  • The lowest forest cover - Haryana (1745 sq kms)
  • The highest concentration of forest land - Arunachal Pradesh (62.1%)
  • National Forest Policy - 1952
  • Economically most important forests - Moist Deciduous forests
  • Sundarbans are named after - Sun-dari trees
  • Sandal wood is produced mainly in - Tropical moist decidouous forests
  • Sandal wood - Karnataka forests
  • Alpine vegetation is found in - Upper Himalayas
  • Railway sleepers - Himalayan forests
  • Teak is abundantly grown in - Karnataka Forests
  • Important forest based industries: Paper, Beedimaking, Matches, Dyes, Plywood, Medicinal industries
Natural Vegetation - Forest Types
  • Tropical ever green forests 
    • Hilly terrain with 500-1500 mts. Altitude rainfall - exceeding 200 cms
  • Tropical moist deciduous forests 
    • Hilly terrain and plateau surfaces. Rainfall between 100 and 200 cms.
  • Tropical dry deciduous forests
    • Vast areas of plateau and plain areas with rainfall between 70 an d100 cms
  • Thorn forests
    • Dry areas with rainfall less than 70 cms
  • Tidal forests
    • Grow in the brackish as well as fresh water areas of the tide washed coast
  • The Himalayan Temperate and Alpine forests
    • Entire Himalayan range in the 100-250 cms. Rainfall zone at an elevation of 1600-3000 mts and the Alpine forests at a higher elevation of 3500 mts and above.

Read previous lessons of SSC CGL Geography from below

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  10. Hello mam can u please make a confirm that the highest concentration of forest land is Arunachal Pradesh or Sikkim?

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