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having small needle-shaped leaves. The chief
varieties of trees found
here are pine, fir, spruce,
hemlock, cedar etc. These
trees have soft wood from
A deer A wolf A squirrel which pulp can be made
easily. Pulp is used for
Mediterranean Forests manufacturing newsprint
A snow-covered
These forests are chiefly found in the region and paper, matchboxes coniferous forest
and packaging.
around the Mediterranean Sea in Europe, Africa
and Asia, hence the name. This type of vegetation The chief species of wildlife in these forests are
is also found in some regions which are not foxes, beavers, reindeer, polar bears, sables,
around the Mediterranean Sea, such as south- muskrats etc.
western Australia and south-western South
America. This region has winter rainfall and dry
summer, so the trees grow
during winter. The chief
varieties of trees found here
are oak, fir, pine, cedar etc.
The people have cut down A reindeer A polar bear A beaver
forests in order to grow
grapes, olives, figs, plums, Just Think!
Mediterranean forest
almonds, walnuts, cherries
and oranges. Why is forest cover depleting in the world?
Common animals include here are kangaroos, GRASSLANDS
lynxes, foxes, wild bears, deer etc. Birds include
the great bustard, roadrunner, California quail, Grasslands are the areas where the vegetation is
cape sugar bird etc. dominated by a continuous cover of grasses. This
is the most widespread of all the vegetation type.
They are mostly found in regions of low rainfall
with a short growing period. The grasslands are of
several types but all have certain similar
characteristics. They are all herbaceous or non-
woody. The grasslands of the world are broadly
A kangaroo A wild bear A roadrunner classified into two types—tropical grasslands and
temperate grasslands .
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The tropical grasslands can be found on both sides
The largest living tree is the Coast Redwood in the
Redwood National Park, California, USA. The oldest of the Equator in the tropical region where rainfall
flowering tree is located in Bodh Gaya in India. is not high enough to support trees but is enough
to support grasses. We can find trees scattered
Coniferous Forests here and there in the grasslands. Grasses can be
The coniferous forests are found in the higher very tall in these regions, so they are suitable for
latitudes and higher altitudes, where winters are grazing and farming. We can find these grasslands
long and severe, while summers are short and in Africa, southern India, northern Australia etc. In
warm. The trees found here are tall and straight, Africa, they are called savanna .
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