Exams

Tropical Deciduous Forests: They are also called the “Monsoon forests”. They grow in the areas with annual rainfall of 70-200 cm. Sandal wood, Shisam, Mahua, Sal, Teak and Bamboo are important species of trees. Moist deciduous and the dry deciduous forests are two major categories of these forests.

The Good Governance Day (GGD) is observed every year in India on the eve of the birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

According to World Bank Indicator India - Land use:

• Agriculture Land - 1797090 sq. Km (about 60.4%). 

• Forest Area - 677598 sq. Km. (about 22.08%). 

• Agriculture Irrigated land - 35 %.

An icycle, a hanging spike of ice formed by the freezing of dripping water forms due to cool in winter and dies in summer due to hot.

The largest desert in Asia is called the Gobi Desert. It covers an area of 500,000 square miles stretching from southern Mongolia to northern China.

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Hence, soil erosion on hillslopes can be checked by Terrace cultivation.