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BY Sheza Rizeen Kudachikar 4 C' 1 Greenfield Public School

This document summarizes the different types of forests found in India: evergreen or tropical rainforests that remain green year-round, deciduous or monsoon forests that shed leaves seasonally, thorn forests adapted to dry conditions, tidal or mangrove forests near river deltas, and mountain coniferous forests. It also lists some prominent wildlife sanctuaries in India and the species they are known for, including Kaziranga National Park for one-horned rhinos, Jim Corbett National Park for Bengal tigers, and Hemis National Park in Ladakh for snow leopards.

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BY Sheza Rizeen Kudachikar 4 C' 1 Greenfield Public School

This document summarizes the different types of forests found in India: evergreen or tropical rainforests that remain green year-round, deciduous or monsoon forests that shed leaves seasonally, thorn forests adapted to dry conditions, tidal or mangrove forests near river deltas, and mountain coniferous forests. It also lists some prominent wildlife sanctuaries in India and the species they are known for, including Kaziranga National Park for one-horned rhinos, Jim Corbett National Park for Bengal tigers, and Hemis National Park in Ladakh for snow leopards.

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OUR FOREST RESOURCES

BY

SHEZA RIZEEN KUDACHIKAR

4 ‘C’ 1

GREENFIELD PUBLIC SCHOOL


TYPES OF FORESTS

Evergreen Deciduous Tidal


forests
Thorn Mountain
• Also known as Tropical forests forests forests forests
rainforests
• Tall, slender tress that do • Also known as Monsoon • Found in areas that receive • Popularly known as • Popularly known as coniferous
not shed their leaves at all forests very little rainfall mangrove forests forests because of their tall and
• Remain green throughout • Trees shed leaves once a • Trees have long roots, tiny • Trees can tolerate both cone-shaped trees
the year year leaves, sharp thorns and salty and freshwater • Trees have needle-like leaves
• Found in hot and wet • Found along foothills of thick barks • Mostly found at the delta that do not let the snow settle
Himalayan mountains, wet • They can survive without regions of the Ganga and on them
regions
• In India – located in parts of southern plateau water for long durations Brahmaputra • Found in the foothills of the
• e.g., Teak, sandalwood • Found in hot and dry regions • e.g., Sundari, Hintal Himalayan mountains and parts of
Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil
Nadu of Gujrat, Haryana and the Nilgiri Hills in South India
• e.g., Mahogany, Ebony, etc. Rajasthan. • e.g., cedar, pine
• e.g., Keekar, babool
WILDLIFE SANCTUARIES

State/union Known for


Wildlife sanctuary
territory

Kaziranga national park Assam One-horned rhinos

Jim Corbett national park Uttarakhand Bengal tigers, birds

Bandipur national park Karnataka Tiger, elephant, gaurs

Hemis national park Ladakh Snow leopards


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