Sunday, 14 October 2012

FORESTS

FORESTS


India has lost 367 square kilometres of forest cover in the past two years. This accounts for 21.05 per cent of the total geographical area of India.

railway sleepers---- are made out of sal tree

decidous forest called as monsoon forests

india recieves all orographic,conventional,cyclonic rainfalls



MAIN OBJECTIVE OF SOCIAL FORESTRY IS-----INCREASE THE SUPPLY OF FUEL WOOD


LITTORAL FOREST-----ARE RICH SOURCES OF FIREWOOD

CONIFEROUS FOREST---- SIBERIAN CLIMATE



MANGROOVE---

TAMILNADU-----PITCHAVARAM(11,000 HECTARES OF BACKWATERS),vedaranyam

ACHRA RATNAGIRI-----MAHARASTRA

COODNAPUR----KARNATAKA

VAMBANAD----KERALA




SHOLA FOREST--------TEMPERATE FOREST





CONIFEROUS FOREST BELT IS CHARACTERISTICS BY SHORT SUMMER AND LONG WINTER

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