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Question
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Commercial lumbering
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Solution
1. Wood is used on a very large scale for various purposes. Therefore, lumbering activity has been done in many places in the world.
2. It is majorly practised in the coniferous region, because of the following reasons:
- In the coniferous forests, only one species of trees is found in an area.
- These trees grow tall and have softwood.
3. In tropical evergreen forest, commercial lumbering cannot be done, because these forests are dense and have hardwood. For example, in equatiorial forests lumbering has not been well developed.
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Give geographical reasons:
Lumbering is practiced more in coniferous region than in tropical region.
Differentiate between Lumbering in equatorial forests and Temperate forests.
Collection of forest products for subsistence is mainly carried in ______.
Assertion: Commercial lumbering is developed in Canada.
Reason: Equatorial forests are very dense.
Give geographical reason
Lumbering is practiced more in coniferous region than in tropical region.
State whether right or wrong:
Wood of tropical rainforest is soft.
State whether right or wrong:
One type of trees are found on large areas of coniferous forests.
Differentiate between:
Lumbering in Equatorial forests and Temperate forests
Distinguish between:
Lumbering in tropical and coniferous forest
Commercial lumbering is mainly carried in ______.
