A wide variety of vegetation and wildlife are found in the Ganga-Brahmaputra region. In the hilly areas of Uttarakhand, Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh, coniferous trees like pine, deodar and fir are found. The plains have tropical deciduous trees like teak, sal and peepal. In the plains of the Brahmaputra region, bamboo is found. Mangrove forests are found in the delta region near the sea.