Selvas are (1) Huge Canadian forests (2) Equatorial rain forests of Brazil (3) Coniferous forests of Siberia (4) Evergreen monsoon forests

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Equatorial rain forests of Brazil

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Description : Selvas are - (1) Huge Canadian forests (2) Equatorial rain forests of Brazil (3) Coniferous forests of Siberia (4) Evergreen monsoon forests

Last Answer : (2) Equatorial rain forests of Brazil Explanation: Selvas are equatorial rain forests. The name was used earlier in Brazil for the forests. Today this name is used as a term for rain forests throughout the world.

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Last Answer : (2) Taiga forest of Siberia Explanation: Taiga is the world's largest land biome. It makes up 29% of the world's forest cover. Also known as boreal forest or snow forest, it is ... consisting mostly of pines, spruces and larches. The largest areas of Taiga are located in Russia and Canada.

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Last Answer : Taiga forest of Siberia

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Last Answer : Selva

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Last Answer : (3) Mangrove forest Explanation: Tidal forest is also called Mangrove forest.

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Last Answer : Mangrove forest

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Last Answer : Ans: (c)

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Last Answer : Ans: (b)

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Last Answer : Ans: (d)

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Last Answer : Ans: In equatorial forests trees often shed a few leaves or shed their leaves seasonally, but most of the trees retain their leaves for most of the time so that the forests appear evergreen.

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Last Answer : Malaysia

Description : Vergreen type Forests are found in – (1) Mediterranean region (2) Monsoon climatic area (3) Desert region (4) Equatorial region

Last Answer : (4) Equatorial region Explanation: An evergreen forest is a forest consisting entirely or mainly of evergreen trees that retain green foliage all year round. Such forests reign in ... primarily as broadleaf evergreens, and in temperate and boreal latitudes primarily as coniferous evergreens.

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Last Answer :  Equatorial region

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Last Answer : Trans Siberian Railway

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Last Answer : USA

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Last Answer : a = 3, b = 2, c = 4, d = 1

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Last Answer : (1) Tropical rain forests Explanation: Most of the terrestrial diversity is found in tropical rainforests. As per an estimation, these forests account for around 40% to 75% of all biotic species and are home ... species of insect, up to 807 trees of 313 species and 1,500 species of higher plants.

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Last Answer : (3) Deciduous forests Explanation: Willow is a species of deciduous trees and shrubs, found primarily on moist soils in cold and temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. Willow wood is also used ... boxes, brooms, cricket bats (grown from certain strains of white willow), cradle boards, etc.

Description : The maximum biodiversity is found in (1) Tropical rain forests (2) Temperate forests (3) Coniferous forests (4) Arctic forest

Last Answer : Tropical rain forests

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Last Answer : Deciduous forests

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Last Answer : A. Seasonal reversal of winds (Answer)

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Last Answer : D. Convectional (Answer)

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Last Answer : (A) Equatorial region