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Discuss the rainfall pattern and correlate it with spatial distribution of natural vegetation in India.

  • UPSC 2019
  • Physical Setting

Natural vegetation reflects the combined effects of relief and climate, and in India the operative element of climate is rainfall rather than temperature — because temperature varies far less across the country than rainfall does.

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  • The Rainfall Pattern
  • The Vegetation Response
  • Over 200 cm — tropical evergreen
  • 100–200 cm — tropical moist deciduous
  • 70–100 cm — dry deciduous
  • 50–70 cm — thorn and scrub
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