FOREST COVERAGE AND DISTRIBUTION

FOREST COVERAGE AND DISTRIBUTION The forests in India are very unevenly distributed. They are most scarce in the Gangetic area.
India has been divided into the following five regions for studying forest distribution in the country. Percentage of forest coverage in these five regions is as follows:

(a) Himalayan region 18 per cent
(b) North Plain region 5 per cent
(c) Peninsular Hills and Plateau regions 57 per cent
(d) Western Ghats and Coastal regions 10 per cent
(e) Eastern Ghats and Coastal regions 10 per cent
Total 100 per cent