��������WELCOME TO �SOCIAL SCIENCE POWER POINT PRESENTATION �CLASS: VI [TEXT BOOK: The Earth—Our Habitat]�TOPIC�INDIA – CLIMATE, VEGETATION AND WILDLIFE���

PREPARED BY�SHAIK KAREEM BASHA �TGT-SOCIAL SCIENCE�JNV RANGAREDDY�TELANGANA STATE�

PERIOD -3 Begins………….�NATURAL VEGETATION

• The Grasses, Shrubs and Trees which grow on their own without interference or help from human beings are called “Natural Vegetation”

TYPES OF VEGETATION IN INDIA

• Tropical Rain Forest
• Tropical Deciduous Forest
• Thorny Bushes
• Mountain Vegetation
• Mangrove Forests

TROPICAL RAIN FOREST

• They occur in the areas which receive heavy rainfall
• They are so dense(thick)
• They always appear Green
• Mahogany, Ebony and Rosewood are important trees
• These forests are found in:�(a) North Eastern States

(b) Narrow strip of western slopes of western ghats

TROPICAL DECIDUOUS FOREST

• They are also called as Monsoon forests
• They are less dense
• They shed their leaves in a particular season
• Sal, Teak, Peepal, Neem and Shisham are important trees
• These forests are found in:�(a) Madhya Pradesh

(b) Uttar Pradesh

(c) Bihar

(d) Jharkhand

(e) Chhattisgarh

(f) Orissa and

(g) Maharashtra

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THORNY BUSHES

• This type of vegetation is seen in dry areas of the country
• Their leaves are in the form of spines (spines means: short pointed outgrowth of a plant) to reduce the loss of water
• Cactus, Khair, Babool, Keekar are the important bushes
• These forests are found in:

(a) Rajasthan

(b) Punjab

(c) Haryana

(d) Eastern slopes of western Ghats

(e) Gujarat

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MOUNTAIN VEGETATION

• They are found in Mountains at a height between 1500 meters to 2500 meters
• The trees of this vegetation are called as Coniferous forests
• They are conical in shape
• Chir, Pine and Deodar are important trees of these forests

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MANGROVE FORESTS

• They survive in saline water
• They are found mainly in Sunderbans in West Bengal and in the Andaman Nicobar Islands
• Sundari is a well known species of trees

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