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.
Teak and India's best hardwood forests are found in the Narmada River basin and they are much older than the ones in the Himalayas. The lower Narmada River Valley and the surrounding uplands, covering an area of169,900 km 2 (65,598.8 sq mi) consists of dry deciduous forests.