A nape is not a... 1  Crown: This is the very top of the birds head, and while the crown and nape are adjacent parts of a bird, each one is distinct. 2  Plume: Some birds have plumes that extend from the crown or nape, and can drape gracefully over the nape.
Evidently, India has a diverse range of forests: from the rainforest of Kerala in the south to the alpine pastures of Ladakh in the north, from the deserts of Rajasthan in the west to the evergreen forests in the northeast.
U.S. 1  The U.S. has one of the world's largest and most productive forest resources. 2  Most of its forests are managed on a sustainable basis and are concentrated along the eastern and western coasts and lake states, close to major ports. 3  The U.S. has 2,263,259,000 total acres of land area. More than 10 million acres of old-growth forest can be found in Oregon, Washington, and California. 2  The U.S. has 8.25 million acres of old growth forest on federal lands in Oregon and Washington alone. 3  More than half (57%) is preserved in parks, wilderness areas, and other legislative and judicial set-asides.