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NATURAL VEGETATION




. IF YOU SEE THE ABOVE DATA YOU WILL FIND THAT INDONESIA  IS HAVING MORE BIO DIVERSITY THAN USA.USA IS MUCH LARGER THAN INDONESIA AREA WISE BUT INDONESIA HAS GREATER BIODIVERSITY BECAUSE IT LIES IN THE TROPICAL AREAS (EQUATORIAL)WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL . BECAUSE OF THE CLIMATIC CONDITIONS IN INDONESIA THE VEGETATION IS TROPICAL RAINFORESTS WHICH INCLUDES DECIDUOUS FOREST(MONSOON FOREST ) , SEMI EVERGREEN AND EVERGREEN FORESTS.
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CLICK THE ABOVE LINK AND TRY TO ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS GIVEN BELOW.
1. WHICH PART OF THE WORLD IS NEO TROPICS AND WHICH PART IS PALEOTROPICS?
2. WHICH IS THE TOP CARNIVORE IN THE RAINFORESTS OF AMAZON?
3.  WHEN WE CONSERVE THESE FOREST WE ALSO CONSERVE THE KNOWLEDGE WHICH  MANKIND HAS ACQUIRED OVER CENTURIES . CAN YOU THROW SOME LIGHT ON THIS ?
4. SOME OF THE MOST EXPENSIVE FLOWERS OF THE WORLD ARE FOUND IN THIS FORESTS ? CAN YOU NAME THEM . YOU MAY ALSO REFER THE BELOW LINK.
5. WHICH AMPHIBIAN USED TO SERVE AS A SOURCE OF POISON FOR THE TRIBALS( THEY USED TO LACE THE TIP OF THEIR ARROWS WITH THE POISON PRESENT ON THE SKIN OF THIS CREATURE TO HUNT ANIMALS)
6. WHAT ECOLOGICAL ROLE DO INSECTS , WORMS AND FUNGUS ON THE FOREST FLOOR?
7. WHAT IS A CAIMAN.
8. WHICH SPECIES OF MAMMAL MAKES BOOMING LOUD VOICE WARNING OTHER GROUPS FROM GETTING IN THEIR TERRITORY ?
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A. WHY DOES EVERGREEN FOREST HAVE MULTI LAYERED CANOPY ?
B. WHY EPIPHYTES ARE SO ABUNDANT IN EVERGREEN FORESTS ?
C. WHY EVERGREEN FOREST PREVENTS AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN PREVENTING GLOBAL WARMING ?


















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