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Table 2 Physiographic zone wise biomass details of India for the year 2003

From: Forest carbon stocks and fluxes in physiographic zones of India

S.no.

Physiographic zone

Growing stock

(Mm3)

Biomass in Mt

(AGB + BGB)

Forest floor biomass

(Mt)

Total Forest biomass (80% of fresh weight)

(Mt)

1

Western Himalayas

1159.880

1645.747

24.686

1336.346

2

Eastern Himalayas

549.354

779.474

11.629

632.932

3

North East

486.766

690.669

10.360

560.823

4

North Plains

284.986

404.365

6.065

328.344

5

Easter Plains

390.254

553.730

8.306

449.630

6

Western Plains

104.654

148.493

2.227

120.576

7

Central highlands

241.133

342.142

5.132

277.820

8

North Decan

372.991

529.234

7.938

429.738

9

East Decan

719.584

1021.014

15.315

829.063

10

South Decan

460.812

653.843

9.808

530.920

11

Western Ghats

556.057

788.986

11.835

640.656

12

Eastern Ghats

576.267

817.661

12.265

663.940

13

West Coast

260.443

369.540

5.543

300.066

14

East Coast

250.571

355.533

5.333

288.692

Total

6413.752

9100.438

136.506

7389.556

  1. Source: The growing stock data had been taken from the FSI reports [9, 28, 29]