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Location, Characteristics and Uses of Monsoon Forests

      

Location, Characteristics and Uses of Monsoon Forests

  

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Martin
Location

1. S.W and S coast of Mexico

2. parts of India, Bangladesh, Burma, Vietnam and Indonesia

3. Monsoon lands of Australia

Characteristics

-Most trees shed leaves during dry season and grow during hot wet season.

-Smaller number of tree species than tropical rain forests.

-Tall species of trees rising up to 30m.

- Trees don’t grow together.

- Trees have more branches because of light penetrating at lower levels.

- Denser undergrowth than tropical rain forests.

- Particular species of trees dominate an area (pure/definite stands) e.g.

-Leak in Burma

-Sal in India

-Eucalyptus in Queensland Australia

-Bamboo in S.E Asia

- Dominant tree species are leak, bamboo, acacia, camphor, ebony, Sapele and Pyinkaido.

Uses of tropical Monsoon Forests

(a) Teak in Burma and Thailand is used for building houses and boats because it’s hard and resistant to termites.

(b) Bamboo and rattan creeper are used for making furniture, baskets and weaving.

(c) Young tender shoots of bamboo are consumed as vegetables
marto answered the question on March 26, 2019 at 06:29


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