Table 4 |
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Physiographic zone wise biomass details of India for the year 2007 |
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S.no. |
Physiographic zone |
Growing stock (Mm3) |
Biomass in Mt (AGB + BGB) |
Forest floor biomass (Mt) |
Total Forest biomass (80% of fresh weight) (Mt) |
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1 |
Western Himalayas |
1213.03 |
1721.162 |
25.817 |
1397.583 |
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2 |
Eastern Himalayas |
542.55 |
769.820 |
11.547 |
625.094 |
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3 |
North East |
443.99 |
629.974 |
9.449 |
511.540 |
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4 |
North Plains |
246.87 |
350.282 |
5.254 |
284.429 |
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5 |
Easter Plains |
337.96 |
479.529 |
7.193 |
389.378 |
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6 |
Western Plains |
82.29 |
116.760 |
1.751 |
94.810 |
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7 |
Central highlands |
220.23 |
312.484 |
4.687 |
253.737 |
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8 |
North Decan |
364.54 |
517.243 |
7.759 |
420.002 |
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9 |
East Decan |
820.92 |
1164.799 |
17.472 |
945.817 |
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10 |
South Decan |
358.70 |
508.957 |
7.634 |
413.273 |
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11 |
Western Ghats |
580.46 |
823.610 |
12.354 |
668.771 |
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12 |
Eastern Ghats |
435.91 |
618.510 |
9.278 |
502.230 |
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13 |
West Coast |
254.08 |
360.513 |
5.408 |
292.737 |
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14 |
East Coast |
196.69 |
279.082 |
4.186 |
226.614 |
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Total |
6098.23 |
8652.746 |
129.791 |
7026.030 |
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Sheikh et al. Carbon Balance and Management 2011 6:15 doi:10.1186/1750-0680-6-15 |
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