NATURAL VEGETATION LAND OF BENGAL

This map is based on a sketch-map, especially prepared for this atlas by Dr. S. K. Mukherjee, Curator of Herbarium, Lloyd Botanic Garden, Darjeeling. The classification of natural vegetation, as shown on the map, are on a basis of relief, moisture and human interference. Man has conditions cleared the tropical deciduous forest from the plains of Bengal to make room for rice fields and wherever land has been kept fallow it has given rise to grass plains. Forests of tropical deciduous type are however in strips in the plains, mainly along the river banks. Tree vegetation of luxurious growth is found only in the north, south and east of the province, where the forests are reserved or protected by the Government.