INDIAN GEOGRAPHY

Detailed explanation-1: -Reserved forest where natural vegetation, beauty and wildlife are preserved in their natural environment is the national park. Biosphere reserve are formed to conserve all forms of life and its support system.

Detailed explanation-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. This is termed as a virgin vegetation. Thus, cultivated crops and fruits, orchards form part of vegetation but not natural vegetation.

Detailed explanation-3: -Mangrove Forests/ Tidal Forests Mainly found in the Sundarbans delta and Andaman and Nicobar islands. Sundaris is a famous species growing in these forests (deriving its name from Sundarbans in West Bengal). Timber, palm, coconut, hogla, pasur, and garan are some of its important natural vegetation.

Detailed explanation-4: -Just as vegetation is the flora, wildlife is the fauna of a region. Animals can be found in every time of vegetation and are usually isolated from any human contact. It includes all the animals, birds, insects etc of the region. The diversity of wildlife in the world is unimaginably large.

Detailed explanation-5: -Natural vegetation and wildlife exist only in the narrow zone of contact between the lithosphere, hydrosphere and atmosphere that we call biosphere. In the biosphere living beings are inter-related and interdependent on each other for survival. This life supporting system is known as the ecosystem.