With reference to Littoral forest, answer the following questions : 1

1.	With reference to Littoral forest, answer the following questions : 1. Why do the trees in this forest grow aerial roots? 2. Name one area in India where this forest is found.
Answer» 1. Mangroves can live in the most inundated areas, prop themselves up above the water level with stilt roots and can then take in air through pores in their bark. Prop root systems allow mangroves to take up gases directly from the atmosphere, and various other nutrients, like iron from the inhospitable soil. Gases are quite often stored directly inside the roots and processed even when the roots are submerged during high tide. 2. Littoral forests occur at several places along the coast and confined deltas of the Ganga, the Mahanadi, the Godavari, the Krishna and the Cauveri.

With reference to Littoral forest, answer the following questions : 1. Why do the trees in this forest grow aerial roots? 2. Name one area in India where this forest is found.

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1. Mangroves can live in the most inundated areas, prop themselves up above the water level with stilt roots and can then take in air through pores in their bark. Prop root systems allow mangroves to take up gases directly from the atmosphere, and various other nutrients, like iron from the inhospitable soil. Gases are quite often stored directly inside the roots and processed even when the roots are submerged during high tide.

2. Littoral forests occur at several places along the coast and confined deltas of the Ganga, the Mahanadi, the Godavari, the Krishna and the Cauveri.

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