Paper I · 4 Geography of India & AP · 4.1.7 Biogeography and soils of the world
4.1.7.3 World forests: equatorial, monsoon, Mediterranean, temperate and coniferous
The world's forests change with climate from the dense, layered evergreen rainforests of the equator, through monsoon forests that shed leaves in the dry season and drought-adapted Mediterranean woodland, to temperate broadleaf forests and the vast needle-leaved taiga of the north.
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Key terms
- biome
- natural vegetation
- equatorial rainforest
- selvas
- Congo basin
- canopy
- epiphytes
- lianas
- mahogany
- ebony
- tropical monsoon forest
- teak
- sal
- Mediterranean vegetation
- maquis
- chaparral
- fynbos
- mallee
- cork oak
- olive
- temperate deciduous forest
- taiga
- coniferous forest
- pine
- spruce
- fir
- larch
- softwood
- fur trade
- biodiversity
- megadiversity countries
- hotspots
- Convention on Biological Diversity
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