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Which ecozone is the Limithang road in Bhutan in? (1 Viewer)
- Thread starter TwitchEd
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Really? I would have thought it is amongst the Eastern Himalayan Broadleaf & Conifer Forests:
http://wwf.panda.org/about_our_earth/ecoregions/easthimalayan_broadleaf_conifer_forests.cfm
They are within the Indomalaya ecozone.
At lower and middle elevations, Indomalayan biomes range from tropical and subtropical forests to temperate coniferous forests. In the northern mountainous regions, Bhutan is largely Palearctic, comprising temperate coniferous forests, montane grasslands and shrublands, and swaths without any ecozone in its highest glacial elevations.
Actually,the whole Himalayan range bordering India is considered the border of these two ecozones,with pure palearctic starting from southern China border, and Indomalayan from the terai grasslands
Actually,the whole Himalayan range bordering India is considered the border of these two ecozones,with pure palearctic starting from southern China border, and Indomalayan from the terai grasslands
As it happens I just traveled Lingmethang road, and, as with much of Bhutan, its hard to classify. Which ecozone it is in might not be that helpful, ultimately. At its start, at the village of Lingmethang, it is low elevation (maybe 800 masl?) dry scrub/conifer. Being on the lee side of some serious mountains, it is at the same elevation as Dewathang (where I lived), but it feels like a different planet. Dewathang is very moist warm broadleaved forest.
The road continues all the way to Thrumsingla which is at almost 3800 masl. It has broadleaved forest, coniferous, mixed, near alpine, etc. No grasslands to speak of, no true alpine, and it isn't nearly as wet as the southern foothills, but besides that it runs the range of the country, vegetation-wise.
I'm sure that doesn't help, but thought I'd mention it.
The road continues all the way to Thrumsingla which is at almost 3800 masl. It has broadleaved forest, coniferous, mixed, near alpine, etc. No grasslands to speak of, no true alpine, and it isn't nearly as wet as the southern foothills, but besides that it runs the range of the country, vegetation-wise.
I'm sure that doesn't help, but thought I'd mention it.
