Tropical Evergreen Forests are found in regions

• where rainfall is very heavy, over 200 cm of rain.
• forests appear green all the year round as the trees shed their leaves at different times of the year.
• vegetation is luxuriant, multilayered and of great variety.
• commercially important trees are ebony, mahogany, rosewood, rubber and cinchona.
• trees are tall and have straight trunks.

Deciduous Forests are also known as Monsoon Forests.

• These are found where the rainfall is between 70 cm-200 cm.
• Trees shed their leaves for about 6-8 weeks in the dry summer.
• These forests are divided between Dry and Wet Deciduous Forests.
• Wet Deciduous Forests are found in the northeast states, foothills of the Himalayas, Jharkhand, West Odisha,
• Chhattisgarh and the eastern slopes of the Western Ghats. Important trees are bamboo, sal, shisham, Khair, Arjun, etc.
• Dry Deciduous Forests are found in the plains of Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, and the rainier parts of the Deccan plateau.
• Important trees are teak, sal, peepal, and neem. Trees have been cleared in some parts for cultivation and for grazing.