INDIAN GEOGRAPHY

Detailed explanation-1: -With large regional variations in physiographic, climate, and edaphic types, Indian forests offer a wide range of habitat types that are responsible for a large variety of wildlife in India. India boasts of more than 80, 000 species of animals which is about 6.5% of the world’s total species.

Detailed explanation-2: -India includes nearly 90, 000 animal species like elephants, rhinoceroses, camels, wild ass, yaks, antelopes, bison, and leopards. Additionally, it is the only country on earth that has both tigers and lions.

Detailed explanation-3: -Possessing a tremendous diversity of climate and physical conditions, India has great variety of fauna, numbering 92, 037 species, of which insects alone include 61, 375 species.

Detailed explanation-4: -Our country has more than 89, 000 of animal species. It has more than 1200 species of birds. They constitute 13% of the world’s total. There are 2500 species of fish, which account for nearly 12% of the world’s stock.

Detailed explanation-5: -India is one of the world’s richest countries in terms of its vast array of biological diversity, and has nearly 8 per cent of the total number of species in the world (estimated to be 1.6 million). Over 81, 000 species of fauna and 47, 000 species of flora are found in this country so far.