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Tropical Evergreen Forests

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name a forest rich in diversity and one forest with lesser number of species

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There are many forests which are rich and least in biodiversity.
Forests rich in biodiversity- Tropical Wet Evergreen Forest of Assam.
Forests least in biodiversity- Montane rain forests in Jamaica

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