A) Differentiate between the forest types of Brazil and India.
Q4)A) Differentiate between the forest types of Brazil and India.
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| Forest type of Brazil | Forest type of India |
|---|---|
| Brazil holds about one-third of the world’s remaining rainforests, including a majority of the Amazon rainforest. | Forests in India cover roughly 19 percent of India’s land mass. |
| Types of forests in brazil include rainforests (the majority), seasonal forests, deciduous forests, flooded forests, and savannas. | Major types of forests in India are Wet Evergreen forest, Semi Evergreen forest, Moist Deciduous forest, Dry Deciduous forest, Littoral and Swamp forest / Mangrove forest, Dry Evergreen forest, Thorn forest etc. |
| In Brazil it has more than 23% of forest covers in the total surface area. | Forests in India cover 19% of surface |
| These forests are very dance and a lots of animals survive in this forest due to availability of good food such as grasses. Grasses are about 2 metres long. | india has dense forest near to river banks and evergreen also. |
| Trees are more than 20 m long. | Trees are about 10 to 20 m long and very broad leaves . |
| These forests have various numbers of medicinal plants. | In the Northern side of India it coveres the Himalayan forest which are triangle like structure and also easily surviving in cold regions. |
Brazil is dominated by dense equatorial evergreen forests of the Amazon basin, while most of India is covered by monsoon deciduous forests; India also has Himalayan forests, which Brazil does not have.
| Forests of Brazil | Forests of India |
|---|---|
| Tropical evergreen (equatorial) rainforests of the Amazon basin cover a large part of northern Brazil; this is the largest rainforest in the world. | Tropical evergreen forests are found only in limited areas: the Western Ghats, north-east India and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. |
| Deciduous forests are found in parts of the Brazilian Highlands, mixed with savanna grasslands. | Tropical deciduous (monsoon) forests are the most widespread type, covering most of the country (teak, sal, bamboo). |
| Thorny bush-type vegetation (caatinga) is found in the dry north-east (the Drought Quadrilateral). | Thorny and bush-type vegetation is found in the dry regions of Rajasthan, Gujarat and the rain-shadow parts of the Deccan. |
| Brazil has no high fold mountains, so there are no Himalayan-type coniferous forests; mixed forests with pine-like trees occur in the cooler south. | Himalayan forests change with altitude, from deciduous to coniferous (pine, deodar, fir) and alpine vegetation. |
| Extensive savanna and grasslands (campos) are found in the central highlands and the south. | Grasslands are limited in extent. |
| Coastal (mangrove) forests occur along parts of the Atlantic coast. | Mangrove forests (Sundarbans with sundari trees) occur in river deltas on the east coast. |
| More than half of Brazil's area is under forest. | Only about one-fifth of India's area is under forest. |
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