Question

On the basis of the information given in the chapter, figures and maps, complete the table below:

Sr. no.	Type of Forest	Characteristics	Regions in India	Regions in Brazil
1.	Tropical Forests	1. Broad-leaved evergreen trees
2.	Semi arid thorny vegetation	1. 2.
3.	Savannah	1. Scanty bushes and shrub-like trees and rain-resistant grass
4.	Tropical semi-deciduous	1. Mixed type of vegetation
5.	Grasslands	1. Grassland region like the Pampas of Argentina

Answer 1

Sr. no.	Type of Forest	Characteristics	Regions in India	Regions in Brazil
1.	Tropical Forests	1. Broad-leaved evergreen trees	The windward side of the Western Ghats, the hills of North East India, the eastern Himalayas' lower slopes, and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.	Guyana Highlands, Amazon River basin
2.	Semi-arid thorny vegetation	1. Thorny trees and bushes 2. Leaves are mostly thick and small	Peninsular India, Rajasthan, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh, the Rann of Kutchch, northern Madhya Pradesh, parts of Maharashtra, Karnataka, and Tamil Nadu have low rainfall.	North-Eastern part of Brazil (Drought Quadrilateral)
3.	Savannah	1. Scanty bushes and shrub-like trees and rain-resistant grass	Areas of Central Maharashtra that receive less rainfall	Regions in central and southern Brazil (Brazilian Highlands)
4.	Tropical semi-deciduous	1. Mixed type of vegetation	Central India, South India and areas between Eastern and Western Ghats	Regions along the eastern coast of Brazil.
5.	Grasslands	1. Grassland region like the Pampas of Argentina	Gangetic plains at the foothills of the Shiwalik Hills and the Brahmaputra plains in Assam	Region to the extreme south