Describe the various natural vegetation belts of Himalayan region.
Vegetation in the
Eastern Himalayas
Alpine
vegetation belt extends between 4,000 m and 5,300 m. Rhododendrons, willows,
primroses and junipers grow here. Alpine meadows with herbaceous vegetation and
short duration flowers are found at higher region.
Coniferous
Forest Belt spreads between 2,700 m and 4,000 m. The trees are silver fir, blue
pine, spruce and deodar.
Evergreen
Oak Forest Belt occurs between 1,330 m and 2,700 m. Oaks, poplar, elms, laurel,
maples, birches, alders, magnolia, etc. thrive.
Tarai Forest Belt
rises up to evergreen forest belt i.e., up to 1,330 m. Here grow both the
evergreen forests and deciduous forests. Deciduous trees like sal, sissoo and
toon grow in abundance. Bamboos, tall grasses, orchids, balsams grow.
Vegetation in the
Western Himalayas
Trees
are found at an altitude of 3,330 m. The Alpine meadows lie between 3,300 m and
5,000 m. This belt grows beautiful flowering plants, rhododendrons, sweet
grasses, shrubs with cushioned leaves.
Coniferous
Forest Belt exists between 2,000 m and 3,300 in. Conifers like deodar, poplar,
spruce, cedar, fir, maple, walnut, etc. are found here.
Chirpine
Belt lays at an altitude between 1,000 m and 2,000 m.
Scrub
Jungles and Dry Forest Belt extends up to 1,000m.
Vegetation in the Eastern Himalayas
Alpine vegetation belt extends between 4,000 m and 5,300 m. Rhododendrons, willows, primroses and junipers grow here. Alpine meadows with herbaceous vegetation and short duration flowers are found at higher region.
Coniferous Forest Belt spreads between 2,700 m and 4,000 m. The trees are silver fir, blue pine, spruce and deodar.
Evergreen Oak Forest Belt occurs between 1,330 m and 2,700 m. Oaks, poplar, elms, laurel, maples, birches, alders, magnolia, etc. thrive.
Tarai Forest Belt rises up to evergreen forest belt i.e., up to 1,330 m. Here grow both the evergreen forests and deciduous forests. Deciduous trees like sal, sissoo and toon grow in abundance. Bamboos, tall grasses, orchids, balsams grow.
Vegetation in the Western Himalayas
Trees are found at an altitude of 3,330 m. The Alpine meadows lie between 3,300 m and 5,000 m. This belt grows beautiful flowering plants, rhododendrons, sweet grasses, shrubs with cushioned leaves.
Coniferous Forest Belt exists between 2,000 m and 3,300 in. Conifers like deodar, poplar, spruce, cedar, fir, maple, walnut, etc. are found here.
Chirpine Belt lays at an altitude between 1,000 m and 2,000 m.
Scrub Jungles and Dry Forest Belt extends up to 1,000m.
