9th Class Social Science Nature Vegetation & Wildlife Question Bank 9th CBSE Social Science Nature Vegetation & Wildlife

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    Why does India have a rich heritage of flora and fauna?

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    (i) India has a large latitudinal and longitudinal extent. Larger the area, more is the variety. (ii) It has a great variety in its relief features. It has mountains, plateaus, valleys, plains, deserts, coastal areas, etc. They all have different types of flora and fauna. (iii) There is a variation in annual range of temperature as well as annual rainfall. (iv) Climate ranges from equitable to hot and not so hot and dry, cold and dry etc. Each climatic region has its own vegetation. (v) There are also various types of soils found in India. It has a variety of soils like alluvial, black, laterite, arid, red and yellow, mountain soils, etc. With the result, we find different types of flora as well as fauna.


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