According to official statistics, India's forest cover is 713, 789 km2 (275, 595 sq mi), which is 21.71% of the country's total land area.[63] It can be subdivided further into broad categories of canopy density, or the proportion of the area of a forest covered by its tree canopy.[190] Very dense forest, whose canopy density is greater than 70%, occupies 3.02% of India's land area.[190][191] It predominates in the tropical moist forest of the Andaman Islands, the Western Ghats, and Northeast India.[192] Moderately dense forest, whose canopy density is between 40% and 70%, occupies 9.39% of India's land area.[190][191] It predominates in the temperate coniferous forest of the Himalayas, the moist deciduous sal forest of eastern India, and the dry deciduous teak forest of central and southern India.[192] Open forest, whose canopy density is between 10% and 40%, occupies 9.26% of India's land area, [