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CLASSIFICATION OF INDIA
PRESENTED BY
BIOGEOGRAPHY
INDIA
Desert
Semi-arid
Western Ghats
Deccan Peninsula
7. Gangetic plains
Upper and Lower Gangetic plains
8. Coast
West and East coast, Lakshadweep
9. North-East
Brahmaputra valley, Northeast hills
10. Islands
Andaman and Nicobar
Source: Wildlife Protected Area Network in India: A Review, Wildlife
Institute of India, 2000.
2. HIMALAYAN REGION
Northern boundaries of
India, Kashmir to Assam.
High
altitude,
gradient
and
temperate flora.
steep
rich
3. DESERT REGION
Found in:
Desert of western Rajasthan
Desert of Gujarat
High
altitude deserts of
Jammu and Kashmir and
Himachal Pradesh.
Transtional
zone
between
desert and western ghats.
Discontinuous vgetation
thorny scrubs, grasses and
some bamboos.
Chief species lion , caracal,
wold etc.
Cervid species like Sambar
and Chital are restricted to
better wooded hills and
moister valleys.
5. WESTERN GHATS
Southrn tip of
kanyakumari
gujarat
Biodiversity hotspot.
to
6. DECCAN PLATEAU
North satpura hills,
west side western ghats
east side eastern ghats
Decidious forests
Chital,
sambar, nilgai,
chousingha, barking deer.
Gaur , elephants, wild
buffalo, swamp deer etc
are chief species.
7. GANGETIC PLAIN
by
ganges
river
9. ISLANDS
Andaman
and
Nicobar
islands 300 islands
Five only inhabited.
Centre of high endemism
Evergreen forests
Wide variety of corals
Endemic fauna Narcondam
hornbill, south Andaman
krait etc.
10. COASTS
Coastline of west and east + Lakshadweep
islands
Characteristic vegetation of estuarine tracts
mangrove vegetation.
Rice is main crop, coconut trees are grown more
along coasts.
Sandy beaches, mangroves, mud flats, coral reef
and marine angiosperm pastures make them
wealth and health zones of India.
ECOZONES OF INDIA