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The distinction between vegetation (the general appearance of a community) and flora (the taxonomic composition of a community) was first made by Jules Thurmann (1849). ). Prior to this, the two terms (vegetation and flora) were used indiscriminately, [4] [5] and still are in some co
Parts of region and settlement names: -abad (Urdu: ـ آباد ) means settled place. Example: Islamabad, Faisalabad.-dera (Urdu: ڈیره ـ ) means meeting place. Example: Dera Ismail Khan, Dera Ghazai Khan.-garh (Urdu: ـ گڑھ ) means fort or settlement. Example: Islamgarh, Muzaffargarh.-goth (Urdu: ـ گوٹھ ) means
Pakistan has conifer forests in most of the northern and north-western highlands. These occur from 1,000 to 4,000 m altitudes. Swat, Upper Dir, Lower Dir, Malakand, Mansehra and Abbottabad districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly North-West Frontier Province) are the main areas covered with coniferous forests.
Mangroves grow in an equatorial climate, typically along coastlines and tidal rivers. They have particular adaptations to take in extra oxygen and remove salt, allowing them to tolerate conditions that kill most plants. The term is also used for tropical coastal vegetation consisting of such species.
Gulbahar Colony, known as Golimar, is a suburb of Karachi. This area is along the Lyari River and was mainly farmland before the settlement of Muslim refugees after the independence of Pakistan . There are several ethnic groups in Gulbahar including Urdu speakers, Sindhis , Kashmiris , Seraikis , Pakhtuns , Punjabis , Balochs , Memons .
Several ecological factors may contribute to the gradient, but the ultimate factor behind many of them is the greater mean temperature at the equator compared to that at the poles. [ 85 ] Even though terrestrial biodiversity declines from the equator to the poles, [ 86 ] some studies claim that this characteristic is unverified in aquatic ...
Congo is a traditional name for the equatorial Middle Africa that lies between the Gulf of Guinea and the African Great Lakes. The basin begins in the highlands of the East African Rift system with input from the Chambeshi, the Uele and Ubangi rivers in the upper reaches and the Lualaba River draining wetlands in the middle reaches.
Atlantic Equatorial coastal forests: Congo, The Democratic Republic of the: Afrotropical: Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests: Atlantic Equatorial coastal forests: Equatorial Guinea: Afrotropical: Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests: Atlantic Equatorial coastal forests: Gabon: Afrotropical: Tropical and subtropical ...