• Natural vegetation refers to a plant community which has grown naturally without human aid and has been left undisturbed by humans for a long time

• Wildlife refers to all non-domesticated plants, animals, and other organisms

• Land• Soil• Climate : • Temperature • photoperiod (sun light) • precipitation

A system which comprises the physical environment and organisms living there in

Tropical Rain Forests

Tropical Deciduous Forests

Tropical Thorn Forests and scrubs

Montane Forests

MANGROVE VEGETATION

• Found in areas having more than 200cm rain fall with a short dry seasons

• The trees reach great heights up to 60 m• There is no definite time for trees to shed

their leaves• Ebony,mahogany,rose• wood,rubber, cinchona are examples of

important trees

Most wide spread forests in IndiaThey are also called monsoon forestsSpread over the region receiving rain fall between 200cm and 70cm.0n the basis of the availability of water these forests are classified in to MOIST DECIDUOUS FORESTS & DRY DECIDUOUS FORESTS

MOIST DECIDUOUS FORESTS & DRY DECIDUOUS FORESTS• MOIST• Rainfall 200 to 100cm• Eastern part of india• Teak,Bamboo,sal,peep

al,shisham,sandal wood etc are important trees

• DRY• Rainfall 100 to 70cm• Rainier part of

peninsular plateau,UP and Bihar

• Consists of thorny trees and bushes

• Spread in the regions less than 70cm rain

• Found in the north western parts of india including the semi arid areas of Gujarat, Rajastan,MP,UP,Chhattisgarh and Haryana

• Acacias,palms,euphorbias and cacti are the main

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Wet temperate forests (1000to2000 m) ever green trees such as oaks & chestnuts prominent

Temperate forests containing coniferous trees like pine deodar etc found(15oo to 3000 m)

SILVER FIRALPINE

VEGETATION

Mangrove forests

• forests• The Found in the areas of

coasts influenced by tides• The deltas of the Ganga,

the krishna, the godavari and the kaveri are covered by mangrove Ganga-Brahmaputra delta is also called as sundarban delta

Wildlife• India has more than

89000 of animal species• India has more than 1200

of species of birds (13%)• 2500 species of fish (12%)

2001 1701 km Kerala tamilnadu

383551 kmChatisgharh MP

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