India: natural vegetation and soils
Forest types of India
Practise 2 PYQsConcepts to cover
- Tropical wet evergreen and semi-evergreen forests: over 200 cm rainfall; Western Ghats, north-eastern states, Andaman and Nicobar
- Tropical moist and dry deciduous (monsoon) forests: sal, teak; the most widespread type
- Tropical thorn forests and scrub: below 50 cm rainfall; babul, khejri
- Montane forests: Himalayan wet temperate, oak and conifer belts, alpine pastures (bugyals, margs); southern montane sholas
- Littoral and swamp forests: mangroves of Sundarbans, Bhitarkanika, Godavari-Krishna delta, Pichavaram, Gulf of Kachchh, Andaman
- Andaman and Nicobar: mangrove, evergreen and deciduous forest together
Where to study
India: Physical Environment, Class XI, chapter 5: Natural Vegetation (2026-27)
- ch. 5, Natural Vegetation, p. 1-10 (book pages 42-51)
- ch. 5, Tropical Evergreen and Semi Evergreen Forests, p. 1 (book page 42)
- ch. 5, Tropical Deciduous Forests, p. 3 (book page 44)
- ch. 5, Tropical Thorn Forests, p. 3 (book page 44)
- ch. 5, Montane Forests, p. 3-4 (book pages 44-45)
- ch. 5, Littoral and Swamp Forests, p. 4-5 (book pages 45-46)
- ch. 5, Andaman, p. 4-5 (book pages 45-46)
Geography of India · Majid Husain
- ch. 5, Forest and Wildlife