Table 3 Physiographic zone wise biomass details of India for the year 2005
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 | 1170.444 | 1660.736 | 24.911 | 1348.518 |
2 | Eastern Himalayas | 567.834 | 805.696 | 12.085 | 654.225 |
3 | North East | 503.506 | 714.421 | 10.716 | 580.109 |
4 | North Plains | 283.251 | 401.903 | 6.028 | 326.344 |
5 | Easter Plains | 387.245 | 549.459 | 8.241 | 446.16 |
6 | Western Plains | 88.529 | 125.613 | 1.884 | 101.997 |
7 | Central highlands | 202.884 | 287.870 | 4.318 | 233.750 |
8 | North Decan | 339.121 | 481.176 | 7.218 | 390.715 |
9 | East Decan | 763.584 | 1083.445 | 16.252 | 879.758 |
10 | South Decan | 400.148 | 567.768 | 8.516 | 461.027 |
11 | Western Ghats | 572.588 | 812.442 | 12.187 | 659.703 |
12 | Eastern Ghats | 502.444 | 712.915 | 10.694 | 578.887 |
13 | West Coast | 243.158 | 345.014 | 5.175 | 280.151 |
14 | East Coast | 193.552 | 274.629 | 4.119 | 222.998 |
Total | 6218.282 | 8823.088 | 132.346 | 7164.347 | |