Environmental Science

16 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

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Fig. 2.4 State percentages of forest area

1. Arunachal Pradesh 79%


2. Bihar 17%


3. Himachal Pradesh 48%


4. Harayana 2%


5. Punjab 2%


6. Jammu & Kashmir 61%


7. Rajasthan 4%


8. Tripura 50%


9. Uttar Pradesh 13%

Distribution of Forests

The forest region in India are divided into eight distinct forest regions. These are as
under:

(i) The Western Himalayan region

The region extends from Kashmir Kumaon. Here are the forest of pine, confers and
broad-leaved temperate trees. Higher up, forests of blue pine spruce and silver fir occur.

(ii) The Eastern Himalayan region

This region comprises Darjeeling, Kureseong and the adjacent tract. The temperate
zone has forests of oaks, laurels, rhodendrons, maples, alder and brich.