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Why has India a rich heritage of flora and fauna? |
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Answer» Solution :India has a rich heritage of flora and fauna due to FOLLOWING reasons: • India is a diverse country with various relief features (i.e. mountains, plateaus, plains, etc.) These regions consist of different types of vegetation which support different types of animals. • There is availability of different types of soil which facilitates base for different types of vegetation. • There is variation in the climatic conditions of India (temperature, HUMIDITY, etc.). It differs from north to south and east to west. Thus, supporting LARGE variety of flora and fauna. • India has a monsoon TYPE of climate where rainfall varies from 20 cms to 300 cms distributed THROUGHOUT the year supporting large amount of flora and fauna. • Variation in the duration of sunlight at different places due to difference in the latitude and altitude. |
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