Forests of PakistanD.A Public School ‘O’ & ‘A’ Levels

A multimedia presentation by

Yasmin Aziz

Natural VegetationNatural Vegetation Consists Of Plants That

Grow Naturally WithoutThe Plantation of People.

Trees

Grass

Shrubs

Lichens

Mosses

Fungi

Algae

Natural Vegetation

Types Of VegetationForests

Grassland

Desert Vegetation

Types of vegetation

ForestsVery Heavy (1000mm to 2000mm)Tropical Rain forests

Temperate Deciduous Forests

Temperate Coniferous Forests

Very Heavy (1000mm to 2000mm)

Very Heavy (1000mm to 2000mm)

High Low Moderate

Average Annual Temperature

GrasslandLow To Moderate

(Total Annual Rainfall)

Tropical Grassland

Temperate Grassland

High

Moderate

Type Of Natural Vegetation Average Annual Temperature

Tropical grassland

Temperate grassland

Desert VegetationVery Low

(Total Annual Rainfall)

Hot Desert Vegetation

Cold Desert Vegetation

Very High

Very Low

Types Of Natural Vegetation Average Annual Temperature

HOTDESERT

VEGETATION

COLDDESERT

VEGETATION

Types Of ForestsTropical Rainforests

Temperate Deciduous Forests

Temperate Coniferous Forests

Monsoon Forests

Monsoon forests

Tropical rainforests

Temperate coniferous forests

Temperate Deciduous Forests

Pakistan is an oblong stretch

of land between the Arabian sea and Karakoram mountains,

Lying diagonally between 24° N and 37° N latitudes and 61° E and 75° E longitudes,

Area of 87.98 million hectares.

The country has a continuous massive mountainous tract in the north, the west and south-west and a large fertile plain, the Indus plain.

The mountain slopes are steep.

The valleys are narrow.

The nature of climate with high intensity rainfall in summer and of soil in the northern regions render these mountains prone to landslides.

Topography of Pakistan and

the location of forests

Littoral and Swamp forests

Tropical dry deciduous forests

Tropical thorn forests

Sub-tropical broad leaved evergreen forests

Sub-tropical pine forests

Himalayan moist temperate forests

Himalayan dry temperate forests

Sub-alpine forests

Alpine scrub

Types of Forests in Pakistan

Famous Forests

In Pakistan

Lal SohanraChanga Manga

Juniper forest

Products From ForestsRainforests

TimberRubber

Chocolate QuinineCocaine

Other Drugs etc.

Temperate ForestsTimberCropsFruits

Sheep & CattleLeather

Wool

Coniferous ForestsSoftwood Timber(for making paper ,Cardboard, Telegraph PolesRayon)

Monsoon ForestsTeakBamboosCropsRubber

Products from forests

Environmental ThreatsToday, Clearing away rainforests is a much more than 20 000 square kilometer of rainforest a month with giant machine. They are making huge farms for animal ranching, growing rice, sugar cane, palm oil, rubber and other tropical corps.

Often, the soil is severely eroded because the canopy is no longer there to protect it from being washed away. Scientists are worried that the rainforests will disappear, taking with them other medicinal drugs that have yet to be discovered. Many environmental organizational are fighting to save rainforests.

ConclusionThe concept of reforestation should be encouraged to match the rapidly Increasing phenomena of deforestation.To avoid pollution and global warming, deforestation has to be reduced.We need to save endangered species of animals such as Pandas.Forests are home to many animals that provide us with skin for Clothes, meat to eat, milk and other dairy products. Hurting their natural Habitat would result in a disruption in the food chain for humans.Cutting down forests also results in increased surface run off and hence Increases the risk of floods.

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