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Key points of chapter -natural vegetation and wildlife (clss 9th )do not write any irrelevant answer either I will complain |
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Answer» Answer: With over 47,000 PLANT species, India occupies tenth place in the world and fourth in Asia in plant diversity. It includes 15000 or 6% of the torld’s total FLOWERING plants. India is one of the twelve MEGA bio diversity countries of the world. India has 89,000 species of animals as well as a rich variety of fish in its fresh and marine waters. Plant community which grows naturally with no human help and is not disturbed by humans for a long time is teemed as natural vegetation. The term flora denotes plants and fauna denotes species of animals in a SPECIFIC region. The natural vegetation which has been left undisturbed by humans for a long time is called virgin vegetation. Virgin vegetation which are purely Indian are known as endemic species and those which have come from outside India are termed as EXOTIC plants. |
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