2. • 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
6. • 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
7. Most wide spread forests in India
They are also called monsoon forests
Spread 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
8. 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
9. • 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,Chhat
tisgarh and Haryana
• Acacias,palms,euphor
bias and cacti are the
main
12. 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
13. Wildlife
• India has more than
89000 of animal species
• India has more than 1200
of species of birds (13%)
• 2500 species of fish (12%)
14.
15. 14 BIO RESERVES
OF INDIA
2001
1701 km
383551 km
Kerala tamilnadu
Chatisgharh MP