Northeastern Rainforests. In a land where forests account for Long has this viridescent paradise been the subject of study for ecologists. Littoral forests, Andaman tropical evergreen forests, the Andaman semi-evergreen forests, Andaman moist deciduous forests, the Southern Hilltop evergreen forests, the Andaman secondary moist deciduous forests to name a few.
The vast expanse of canopy cover have turned these lands into habitats for some profound creatures of regal bearing.
Average Annual Rainfall: mm. Flora: Butea superba, Kydia calycina, Cullenia exarillata, Mesua ferrea, Gluta travancorica, Palaquium ellipticum, Memecylon subramanii and Nageia wallichiana. Majorly Bengal floricans and the Manipur bush quails.
Flora: Dipterocarpus griffithii, D. They're also home to about 50 million indigenous people. Trees are so densely tangled that it takes approximately 10 minutes for the raindrops to hit the ground.
The massive bamboo plants grow nine inches everyday. It is home to evergreen and semi-evergreen rainforests, moist deciduous monsoon forests, riparian forests, swamps and grasslands.
You can find evergreen rainforests in the Assam Valley, and the foothills of the eastern Himalayas. Regions like the lower parts of the Naga Hills, Meghalaya, Mizoram and Manipur receive heavy rainfall making it possible for the evergreen forests to thrive here. The whole of northeast India is known for the moist sal Shorea robusta monsoon forests. Upper Assam is home to the Joydihing wildlife sanctuary which consists of the Joypur reserve forest, Dirak reserve forest and Dihing reserve forest.
This rainforest also has a huge elephant population. And then there are the tropical evergreen, semi-evergreen and monsoon rainforests of Andaman and Nicobar islands. It is hot and humid here in these regions. The Tropical rain forests are located near the equator and the tropic of cancer. Location of Indian Rain Forests The evergreen Rain forests are found in the Assam Valley , the foothills of the eastern Himalayas Tinsukia district and Dibrugarh districts and the lower parts of the Naga Hills , Meghalaya , Mizoram , and Manipur where the rain fall exceeds mm per annum.
Most of this region is at an altitude of around meters. The entire northeast India is known for the moist sal Shorea robusta monsoon forests. In the upper part of Assam, there is the Joydihing wildlife sanctuary which consists of the Joypur reserve forest, Dirak reserve forest and Dihing reserve forest. The rich and dense forest cover starts from Southwestern part of Maharashtra and extends as far as Karnataka and Kerala in South India.
Features of Indian Rain forests The tropical vegetation of India in the north eastern side which includes the states of Assam, Nagaland , Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura and Meghalaya as well as the plain regions of Arunachal Pradesh are most typically seen at elevations of up to metres.
These tropical rainforests are characterized by rainfall and evergreen species. They encompass evergreen and semi-evergreen rain forests , riparian forests, moist deciduous monsoon forests and swamps and grasslands.
The ecosystems in these forests comprise rich biodiversity of flora and fauna. Due to dense canopy, the sunlight does not penetrate the forests and there is a constant fight for sunlight among the plants for photosynthesis.
It results in competition among the living organisms for their survival. This brings interdependence among living the organisms. The equatorial rainforest in India occurs in two separate areas- along the strip of hills and mountains near to the west coast, the Western Ghats and in the north-eastern state of Assam close to the border with Myanmar Burma. In both these areas, semi-evergreen rainforest is more widespread than evergreen forest, probably due to a long history of human influence, which has degraded the structure of the forest and its soils and led to a more precarious water balance.
Food obtained from Indian Rainforests A wide variety of food items can be obtained from the Rain forests in India. These include coconut, guava, jackfruit, sweet potato, banana , citrus fruits, mango, papaya , lychee, pineapple, rice , sugarcane , tamarind , yam, coffee , black pepper , cardamom , cinnamon , ginger , nutmeg , turmeric and vanilla.
They can occasionally attain a girth of up to 7m and a height of up to 50m. The monsoon forests are mainly moist sal Shorea robusta forests, which occur widely in this region. The Andamans and Nicobar islands have tropical evergreen rain forests and tropical semi-evergreen rainforests as well as tropical moist monsoon forests. The dominant species is Dipterocarpus grandiflorus in hilly areas, while Dipterocarpus kerrii is dominant on some islands in the southern parts of the archipelago.
The monsoon forests of the Andamans are dominated by Pterocarpus dalbergioides and Terminalia sap. The Western Ghats are more diverse than those of Assam, with over 4, plant species occurring in this relatively small area of hill land. Of these, 1, species are endemic to the Western Ghats, most of these being confined to the rainforest rather than the other drier vegetation types that occur mixed in with it.
Fauna of Rainforests of India Different kinds of animals are found inhabiting the Indian rain forests. They are Howler monkeys which live in the canopy of the rain forest, Pythons , Vinesnake, Elephant , Sloth, many different kinds of Bats , Jaguars, Tapirs which are rather difficult to spot in the forest, Chameleon , Crested Guan which live in the lowland rain forest region, Tiger , King Cobras , Gecko which lives high up in the rain forest, Bearded Dragon, Slow Loris and Gibbon which live in the canopy.
There are many more animals that live in India's rain forests. A lot of the animals are endangered. The clouded leopard , flying squirrel, leopard , tiger and Indian bison are just a few. Some birds that are endangered are pheasants , eagles , owls , wood ducks and hornbills. Rainforests of Western Ghats The North Western Ghats montane rain forests are a tropical moist broadleaf forest eco-region of southwestern India. It covers an area of 30, square kilometers 11, square miles , extending down the spine of the Western Ghats range, from Maharashtra state in the north through Karnataka to Kerala state in the south.
The montane rain forests are predominantly evergreen laurel forest, dominated by trees of the laurel family Lauraceae , including Litsea, Phoebe, and Cinnamomum. The South Western Ghats montane rain forests are an eco-region of southern India , covering the southern portion of the Western Ghats range in Kerala and Tamil Nadu , at elevations of over meters.
They are cooler and wetter than the lower-elevation South Western Ghats moist deciduous forests, which surround the montane rain forests. Rainforests of the North-East Today, the North-eastern states of India have become the only region where Rainforest wealth of India survives. The state of Arunachal Pardesh is gifted with enormous wealth of wildlife and forested land.
However the rainforests of the northeast state of Assam are facing fast depletion.
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