In India, what is the mean annual average temperature in subtropical vegetation zone?

The correct answer is 17°C to 24°C.

Key Points

• Climatic conditions: 
  • The mean annual rainfall is 75 cm to 125 cm.
  • The average annual temperature is 17°-24°C.
  • Humidity is 80 percent.
• Distribution:
  • Eastern Himalayas to the east of 88°E longitude at altitudes varying from 1000 to 2000 m.​

Additional Information

• Characteristics Forests of evergreen species.
  • Commonly found species are evergreen oaks, chestnuts, ash, beech, sales and pines.
  • Climbers and epiphytes [a plant that grows non-parasitically on a tree or other plant] are common.
  • These forests are not so distinct in the southern parts of the country.
  • They occur only in the Nilgiri and Palni hills at 1070-1525 metres above sea level.
  • It is a “stunted rainforest” and is not so luxuriant as the true tropical evergreen.
  • The higher parts of the Western Ghats such as Mahabaleshwar, the summits of the Satpura and the Maikal Range, the highlands of Bastar and Mt. Abu in the Aravali Range carry sub-types of these