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The Bastar District is abundantly and richly endowed with
forest resources. The forests in this district can be divided in to four belts ,namely,
Northern Mixed forests, Central Moist Region comprising of Sal belts, Teak belt zone and
the Dry region comprising mixed forests. The Northern mixed forests are found in Kanker and Bhanupratappur tehsils ( now in newly formed Kanker district) and this region is more important for minor forest produce rather than timber. |
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The Moist Region in Central Bastar where sal is found
predominantly. The South Western terrain is the most important in which the best quality
of teak is found. The dry forest region is interspersed between the moist belt and teak
belt but more confined to western and southern part of the district. The various
types of trees found in Bastar forsts are Teak,Sal,Sirsa, Bijasal,
Kusum,Palas,Mahua,Imli, Tendu,Harra,Kanha,Salai,Achar,Dhowara, Bhulra, Rohni, Amla,Khair,
Samar etc. The Major types of forest in Bastar division are Sal forests,Teak Forests,Mixed forests and Bamboo forests. The forests of Bastar district which comprises more than 70% of the total land area,constitute a variable store house of industrial raw material for forest based industries. The forests are located on comparativly easy terrain and it is one of the rare forest areas in the country where Sal,Teak,and miscellaneous forests naturally occur over extensive areas. Forests of the Bastar are the only area in India where hard wood and bamboo occur together in large quantities. Sal forests occurs on sandy loam and lateritic soils and definitely avoids swampy areas and dry localities.
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The major portion of the forest area is covered with sal forest which mostly lies on the plateau. In the hilly region, Sal is confined to narrow valleys and on lower slopes . The best sal forests are found in Bastar plateau ,where sometimes it forms upto 90% of the crop in the over wood. The Sal forests here are generally of good quality touching even all India Ist quality. The Sal forests also occur intermingled with mixed forest or large grassy blanks. The Moist Peninsular High level Sal Forests are the richest single forest in the plateau of Jagdalpur. Here the maximum temperature rarely crosses 32 C and the average minimum temperature is 15.35 C. The rainfall varies from 1095 mm to 2079.5 mm and is received both by North East and South West monsoon. |
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