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which the trees do not shed their leaves in any Temperate Evergreen Forests
particular time of the year. They remain green The temperate evergreen
throughout the year, hence the name evergreen .
forests are found in the coastal
The tall trees grow near each other, forming a regions of south-east
canopy so thick that even sunlight does not Americas, southern Africa,
penetrate through it to the ground. The trees have
southern China, eastern
hard wood. The common trees found here are Australia etc. The trees in
rosewood, mahogany, rubber tree, sandalwood,
these forests are of mixed
bamboo, ebony etc. A temperate evergreen
variety, having both hard and forest
The chief species of wildlife found in the tropical soft wood. Hard wood trees
evergreen forests include birds, butterflies, include pine, mulberry, oak etc., while soft wood
monkeys, apes, bats, elephants, leopards, jaguars trees include eucalyptus, bamboo etc. We can
etc. The swamps have turtles, alligators, find coniferous trees on the higher altitudes.
hippopotamuses, crocodiles and snakes. The wildlife in these regions includes the giant
pandas, deer, antelopes, monkeys, bears, wolves,
foxes and a large variety of birds like falcons,
eagles, pelicans, cranes and grebes etc.

A bat A butterfly A hippopotamus
Tropical Deciduous Forests

The tropical deciduous forests are found in
A fox A monkey A giant panda
monsoon areas, like in south and South-East Asia,
central America, northern Australia, New Zealand, Temperate Deciduous Forests
the Philippines, Vietnam etc. So, these forests are
The temperate deciduous forests are found in the
also called tropical monsoon forests . These trees higher latitudes in the coastal regions where the
shed their leaves once in a year in the dry season climate is cool and rainfall is moderate, such as
in order to save their humidity. The trees are not
western and central Europe, southern Korea,
very high and dense, but they have hard wood northern China, northern Japan, southern New
which can be used for a number Zealand, eastern America etc. The important
of purposes such as for making
species of trees here are
furniture or building. It is easy poplar, oak, beech,
to exploit these forests for redwood, birch, fir, ash
commercial purposes. The chief
etc. They shed their
species of trees found here are leaves in the dry season.
sal, teak, neem and shisham. A tropical deciduous
forest The low altitudes have a
The common species of animals found in these mixed variety of trees
forests are tigers, lions, elephants, langoors, while higher altitudes
monkeys, leopards, bears, rhinoceroses etc. have coniferous types of A temperate deciduous
trees. forest

The chief species of wildlife found here include
deer, foxes, wolves, beavers, squirrels etc. We
also find many birds including pheasants, parrots
etc.
A lion A langoor A rhinoceros
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