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Tropical thorn forests and scrubs are found in the regions with less than 70cm of rainfall. The natural vegetation consists of thorny trees and bushes. Trees are scattered and have long roots penetrating deep into the soil to get moisture. The stems are succulent to conserve water. Leaves are mostly thick and small to minimize evaporation.

Karnataka,

• Deodar gives yellowish brown wood. These trees are usually found in Himalayas, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh. It is the most important timber tree providing very soft wood.
  
• It is used for making cheap furniture, railway carriages, railway sleepers, packing boxes, etc.
  

The indian deciduous forests are the most abundantly found among all the different types of forests in india . The indian deciduous are found in a range of landscape from the plains to the hills .

• Mangrove forests comprise of small shrubs or trees that grow in coastal saline or brackish waters. These shrubs or trees can withstand high salinity conditions.
  
• Mangrove forests of Sunderbans are largest mangrove forests of the world. Sundarbans are located in Ganga-Brahmaputra delta of West Bengal and Bangladesh.
  

Thorny bushes are found in dry and hot subtropical areas with seasonal rainfall as low as 500 millimeters.The rainfall is very low and therefore these areas are usually deserts. The bushes shed their leaves seasonally to avoid loss of water.

• Tropical evergreen forests are the forests consisting of evergreen trees with green foliage throughout year. These are tropical forests.
  
• They constitute 7% of earth’s dry land area and 2% of total surface. Such forest give shelter to 50% of world’s species.