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.
Recent data available from State of Forest Report 2011 of the Forest Survey of India, Dehra Dun shows that mangrove cover in the country is 4,662.56 sq.km, which is 0.14 percent of the country's total geographical area.