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NATURAL VEGETATION AND NATURAL VEGETATION AND WILDLIFEWILDLIFE

NATURAL VEGETATIONNATURAL VEGETATION Natural vegetation refers to a plant Natural vegetation refers to a plant

community which has grown community which has grown naturally without human aid & has naturally without human aid & has been left undistributed by humans been left undistributed by humans for a long time. This is termed as a for a long time. This is termed as a virgin vegetation.virgin vegetation. Thus, cultivated Thus, cultivated crops and fruits, orchards from part crops and fruits, orchards from part of vegetation but not natural of vegetation but not natural vegetationvegetation

All the plants & animals in an area are All the plants & animals in an area are interdependent & interrelated to each interdependent & interrelated to each other in their physical environment, thus, other in their physical environment, thus, forming an ecosystem. Human beings are forming an ecosystem. Human beings are also integral part o the ecosystem . The also integral part o the ecosystem . The human beings utilise the vegetation and human beings utilise the vegetation and wildlife. A very large ecosystem on land wildlife. A very large ecosystem on land having distinct types of vegetation & having distinct types of vegetation & animal life is called a animal life is called a biome.biome. The biomes The biomes are identified on the basis of plants.are identified on the basis of plants.

ECOSYSTEMECOSYSTEM

TYPES OF VEGETATIONTYPES OF VEGETATIONThe following major types of The following major types of

vegetation may be identified in vegetation may be identified in our country-our country-

Tropical Mangrove ForestsTropical Mangrove Forests Rain ForestsRain Forests Tropical Deciduous ForestsTropical Deciduous Forests Tropical Thorn Forests Tropical Thorn Forests Montane Forests Montane Forests

WILDLIFEWILDLIFE

India is also rich in its fauna. It has more India is also rich in its fauna. It has more than 89,000 of animal species . The than 89,000 of animal species . The country has more than 1200 species of country has more than 1200 species of birds. The constitute 13% of the world’s birds. The constitute 13% of the world’s total. There are 2500 species of fish, which total. There are 2500 species of fish, which account for nearly 12% of the world’s account for nearly 12% of the world’s stock. It also shares between 5 & 8 stock. It also shares between 5 & 8 percent of the world’s amphibians, reptiles percent of the world’s amphibians, reptiles & mammals.& mammals.

SOME WILDLIFE ANIMALS OF SOME WILDLIFE ANIMALS OF INDIAINDIA

CONCLUSION CONCLUSION

All of must realise the importance of All of must realise the importance of the natural ecosystem for our own the natural ecosystem for our own survival. It is possible if survival. It is possible if indiscriminate destruction of natural indiscriminate destruction of natural environment is put to an immediate environment is put to an immediate end.end.

BIBLIOGRAPHYBIBLIOGRAPHY African vegetation zones are closely linked to African vegetation zones are closely linked to

climatic zones, with the same zones occurring climatic zones, with the same zones occurring both north and south of the equator in broadly both north and south of the equator in broadly similar patterns. As with climatic zones, similar patterns. As with climatic zones, differences in the amount and seasonal differences in the amount and seasonal distribution of precipitation constitute the most distribution of precipitation constitute the most important influence on the development of important influence on the development of vegetation. Moving across the continent into vegetation. Moving across the continent into drier and drier climates, the typical sequence of drier and drier climates, the typical sequence of vegetation is from tropical moist forest to moist vegetation is from tropical moist forest to moist savanna, dry savanna, semidesert, and finally savanna, dry savanna, semidesert, and finally desert.desert.

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