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Saturday 29 April 2017

Rain Forests of India

Rainforests of India are located mostly in the north-eastern corner of the country in the state of Assam. It may be mentioned here that Rain forests, as the name suggests, are those forests, which are characterized by high annual rainfall of around 1750mm to 2000mm. The global distribution of equatorial rainforest is closely tied to the warm, moist climates that occur near to the Equator. India is located in Southern Asia between Burma and Pakistan. Here tropical rain forests are to be seen. A tropical rainforest is one which is wet and warm throughout the year. It is hot and humid here in these regions. Tropical rain forests are located near the equator and the tropic of cancer. 

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 upto 900metres. They encompass evergreen and semi-evergreen rain forests, riparian forests, moist deciduous monsoon forests and swamps and grasslands. In the Rainforests of the Assam Valley, the giant Dipterocarpus macrocarpus and Shorea assamica occur singly. They can occasionally attaining a girth of up to 7 m and a height of up to 50 m. 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 monsoon 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. 

Animals Found in Indian Rain Forests 
Various 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. To know more read:








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