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Multiple choice geography natural vegetation and communities dependent on forest forests and their conservation biotic resources: natural vegetation and wildlife natural vegetation and animals in india

The Sundarbans or the "Mangrove" forests are found in___________.

  1. Konkan Coast

  2. Kutch Peninsula

  3. Deltaic West Bengal

  4. Western Ghats
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Explanation

The Sundarbans mangrove forest, is one of the largest forest in the world which lies on the delta of the Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna rivers on the Bay of Bengal. It is shared between the countries of India and Bangladesh. Fourty percent of the area falls in the Indian region and sixty percent in the Bangladesh region.

Multiple choice geography natural vegetation and communities dependent on forest forests and their conservation biotic resources: natural vegetation and wildlife natural vegetation and animals in india

The evergreen forests are normally found in areas which get more than ____________ cms. of annual rainfall.

  1. 100

  2. 150

  3. 200

  4. 250
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Explanation

The evergreen forests are normally found in areas which get more than 250 cms. of annual rainfall.

Multiple choice geography natural vegetation and communities dependent on forest forests and their conservation biotic resources: natural vegetation and wildlife natural vegetation and animals in india

_______ is the largest mangrove forest in the world.

  1. Pichavaram

  2. Pitara

  3. Sundarbans

  4. Bhitarkanika
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Sundarbans
The Sundarbans is the largest mangrove forest in the world, located in the Ganges River delta in Bangladesh and West Bengal, India. The Pichavaram mangroves in Tamil Nadu is India's other one of the largest mangrove forests.
Multiple choice geography natural vegetation and communities dependent on forest forests and their conservation biotic resources: natural vegetation and wildlife natural vegetation and animals in india

Which one of the following does not grow in evergreen forests?

  1. Rosewood

  2. Mahogany

  3. Bamboo

  4. Teak
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Explanation

Teak is a characteristic tree of deciduous forests, not evergreen forests. Rosewood, mahogany, and bamboo are typical species found in tropical evergreen forests.

Multiple choice geography natural vegetation and communities dependent on forest forests and their conservation biotic resources: natural vegetation and wildlife natural vegetation and animals in india

Mangrove forests are called tidal forests because _________________.

  1. They are found along the deltas

  2. They are found at the estuaries

  3. They are found in non-tidal regions

  4. They are formed due to tides
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They are formed due to tides,

Tidal or Mangrove forests:
Tidal forests grow near the estuaries or the deltas of rivers, swampy margins of Islands and along sea coasts. The soil is formed of silt, silt-loam or silt-clay and sand. The plants are typical halophytes which are characterised by presence of prop roots with well developed knees for support and pneumatophores and viviparous germination of seeds.

Tidal forests one distinguished into the following four types with overlapping constituent species:

(i) Tree mangrove forests

(ii) Low mangrove forests,

(iii) Salt water forests and

(iv) Brackish water forests.
Multiple choice geography natural vegetation and communities dependent on forest forests and their conservation biotic resources: natural vegetation and wildlife natural vegetation and animals in india

_________ trees grow in Sunderban forest.

  1. Babool

  2. Seesum

  3. Sundari

  4. Sabai
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Sundari,

Sundarban Jungle has been named after the large mangrove trees Sundari (Heritiera littoralis). Sundarbans Tiger Reserve is estimated to have 400 majestic and fiery Royal Bengal Tigers.

Multiple choice geography natural vegetation and communities dependent on forest forests and their conservation biotic resources: natural vegetation and wildlife natural vegetation and animals in india

In tropical evergreen forest, one of the common animals is ______.

  1. Monkey

  2. Girraffe

  3. Camel

  4. Polar bear
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Explanation

Tropical evergreen forests can be moist, in the case of rainforests, or drier with seasonal rain. Both types of tropical evergreen forests have many species of animals. Rainforest animals include monkeys, parrots, smaller animals and large numbers of insects.

Multiple choice geography natural vegetation and communities dependent on forest forests and their conservation biotic resources: natural vegetation and wildlife natural vegetation and animals in india

The Himalayas have ________ forests.

  1. Evergreen

  2. Alpine

  3. Deciduous

  4. Tropical
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Alphine,

The alpine shrub and meadows lie between approximately 4,000 and 5,500 metres (13,100 and 18,000 ft) elevation. The Eastern Himalayan subalpine conifer forests lie below 3,000 metres (9,800 ft) along the southern slopes of the range, from Central Nepal to Bhutan.

Multiple choice geography natural vegetation and communities dependent on forest forests and their conservation biotic resources: natural vegetation and wildlife natural vegetation and animals in india

The Monsoon forests are otherwise called as _________.

  1. Tropical evergreen forest

  2. Tropical Deciduous forest

  3. Mangrove forest

  4. Mountain forest
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Explanation
The Monsoon forests are otherwise called Monsoon forest, also called dry forest or tropical deciduous forest, open woodland in tropical areas that have a long dry season followed by a season of heavy rainfall. The trees in a monsoon forest usually shed their leaves during the dry season and come into leaf at the start of the rainy season.
Multiple choice geography natural vegetation and communities dependent on forest forests and their conservation biotic resources: natural vegetation and wildlife natural vegetation and animals in india

Teak and Ebony belong to ______.

  1. Tropical evergreen forest

  2. Tropical decidious forest

  3. Mangrove forest

  4. Hill forest
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"Teak and ebony" belong to the Tropical evergreen forest. Tropical evergreen forests stay green throughout the year with every green tree such as conifers, live oak, etc. These forests develop in the 200 cm of rainfall