The main geographic features of Rajasthan are the Thar desert and the Aravalli range which runs through the state from southwest to northeast. Despite little forest cover, the state has rich and varied flora and fauna. Forests mostly confined to the east of the Aravalli range constitute just about 9% of the total area of…
A quiet little town on the southern peninsular coast, Puducherry is not rich in flora and fauna.
A fertile alluvial land area, the state has abundant water supply owing to large rivers and an extensive irrigation canal system. A belt of undulating hills extends along the northeastern part of the state at the foot of the Himalayas. While there are no natural forests in the plains, extensive tracts occur covered only with…
The state of Orissa located in the eastern coast of Indian peninsula is quite rich in natural resources and is one of the richest biodiverse regions in southeast Asia. It has varied and widespread forests harbouring dry deciduous forests as well as mangroves with several unique, endemic, rare and endangered floral and faunal species. There…
Though geographically a small state, Nagaland has several types of forests on account of its varying physiographic and geoclimatic conditions. Forests occupy an area of approximately 8,62,930 hectares of which government forests account for 11.7%. The state is located in one of the 25 biodiversity hotspots of the world. It supports 2,431 species belonging to…
A land of rolling hills, rivers and lakes, as many as 21 major hill ranges run through the length and breadth of Mizoram. Its forests are tropical wet evergreen, tropical semi-evergreen and montane sub-tropical pine type. Of these the tropical wet evergreen forests are rich in valuable timber. More than 400 ethnomedicinal plants have been…
A hilly strip in eastern India, one-third of the state is forested. Its mountain forests are distinct from the lowland tropical forests to the north and south. The wettest state in India, the Meghalaya subtropical forest ecoregion encompasses the state and it supports a vast floral and faunal biodiversity. The flora has a large variety of…
The state of Manipur in northeastern India is known for its ecologically distinctive and rich biodiversity, having many endemic flora and fauna. Traditional conservation practices of the indigenous population protecting small forest patches by dedicating them to the local deity have contributed to their conservation. Such forest patches called ‘sacred groves’ are tracts of virgin…
Maharashtra is known for dissimilar climatic conditions and dynamic topography. Its rich flora and fauna perfectly reflect the diversity of climate and geography as the topography of the region varies from arid desert and tropical rain forest to mountain ranges over 4,000 feet in altitude. However with changing circumstances, the diverse ecosystem of Maharashtra’s Western Ghats…
With 9.38% geographical area of the country Madhya Pradesh accounts for 12.44% of the country’s forests; 34.8% of the geographical area of the state amounting to 9.5 million hectares is under forests. Dry and moist deciduous forests abundant in the state are extremely rich in terms of both floral and faunal biodiversity. The tribal areas…