NATURAL VEGETATION AND
WILDLIFE
Made byRishabh Rai
IX- D
Guided ByMrs. Nirupma Shukla

SchoolK.V., R.D.S.O.,
Lucknow

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

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

TYPES OF VEGETATION

The following major types of vegetation may
be identified in our country Tropical Mangrove Forests
 Rain Forests
 Tropical Deciduous Forests
 Tropical Thorn Forests
 Montane Forests
India Natural
Vegetation map

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

SOME WILDLIFE ANIMALS OF INDIA

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

BIBLIOGRAPHY
 TEXT TAKEN FROM OUR SOCIAL NCERT
TEXT BOOK: CONTEMPORARY
INDIA-(GEOGRAPHY)
 PICTURES TAKEN FROM SITE
WWW.GOOGLE.CO.IN

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