Tuesday, October 21, 2014

INDIA-CLIMATE,VEGETATION AND WILDLIFE

CLIMATE::::
IN INDIA,THERE ARE BROADLY FOUR SEASONS,,,,
1)COLD
2)HOT
3)SOUTH WEST MONSOON
4)RETREATING MONSOON(AUTUMN)
DURING THE WINTER SEASON,DRY COLD WIND BLOWS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
DURING HOT WEATHER SEASON,HOT AND DRY WIND BLOW KNOWN AS LOO.
DURING MONSOON,WIND BLOWS FROM ARABIAN SEA AND BAY OF BENGAL TOWARD THE LAND,THESE WIND CARRY MOISTURE.
WHEN THESE WIND STRIKE THE MOUNTAIN BARRIER,RAINFALL OCCURS.
DURING THE RETREATING MONSOON,THE WIND BLOW BACK TO BAY OF BENGAL.
IT IS FOR THIS REASON,THAT SOME PART OF TAMIL NADU AND ANDHRA PRADESH,RECEIVE RAINFALL DURING SEPTEMBER,OCTUBER AND NOVEMBER..

THE CLIMATE OF INDIA IS CONSIDERED AS MONSOON TYPE.

THE CLIMATE OF A REGION IS DEPENDENT UPON VARIOUS FACTOR SUCH AS ALTITUDE,RELIEF,DISTANCE FROM THE SEA AND LOCATION.
MAWSYNRAM IS THE WORLD WETTEST PLACE THAT RECEIVE THE HIGHEST RAINFALL IN THE WORLD.

VEGETATION::::
THERE ARE VARIOUS TYPE OF VEGETATION FOUND IN INDIA WHICH ARE CLASSIFIED AS
1)TROPICAL EVERGREEN FOREST
2)TROPICAL DECIDUOUS FOREST
3)MOUNTAIN FOREST
4)THORNY BUSHES
5)MANGROVE FOREST
TROPICAL RAINFOREST ARE FOUND IN HEAVY RAINFALL REGION.
THEY ARE SO DENSE THAT SUNLIGHT DOES NOT REACH THE FOREST.
IMPORTANT TREES FOUND IN THAT PLACE ARE MAHOGANY,EBONY AND ROSEWOOD.
THEY ARE FOUND IN ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR AND WESTERN GHATS.

TROPICAL DECIDUOUS FOREST:THEY ARE FOUND IN MAJOR PART OF THE INDIA AND THEY ARE ALSO CALLED AS MONSOON FOREST.
PEEPAL,NEEM AND SEESHAM ARE THE MAJOR TREES FOUND IN THESE REGION.
THEY MAJORLY OCCUR IN ORISSA,UTTAR PRADESH,MADHYA PRADESH,BIHAR AND OTHER MIDDLE REGION OF INDIA.

MOUNTAIN FOREST ARE FOUND IN THE MOUNTAIN REGION.
TREES ARE MOSTLY CONICAL IN SHAPE AND HENCE CALLED CONFEROUS TREES.

THORNY BUSHES ARE FOUND IN THE DESERT REGION.
FOUND IN RAJASTHAN,PUNJAB,GUJRAT AND EASTERN SLOPE OF WESTERN GHATS.

MANGROVE FOREST ARE FOUND IN THE SALINE WATER AND ARE FOUND IN COASTAL REGION.
THEY ARE FOUND IN ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLAND AND WEST BENGAL.

SUNDARI IS THE IMPORTANT TREE OF THIS TYPE OF VEGETATION THAT ARE FOUND IN SUNDARBAN AFTER WHICH ITS NAME IS KEPT
SUNDARBAN IN THE DELTA WHICH IS LARGEST IN THE WORLD AND IS FORMED WHERE GANGA AND BRAHMAPUTRA IS RECEIVE BY BAY OF BENGAL.


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