What are the factors influence the huge diversity of Flora & Fauna in India ?
The factors which influence the huge diversity of Flora and Fauna are
1. Relief and 2. Climate
1. Relief
Land :
● The nature of land influences the type of vegetation.● The fertile level is generally devoted to agriculture.
● The undulating and rough terrains are areas where grassland and woodlands develop and give shelter to a variety of wildlife.
Soil :
● Different types of soils provide basis for different types of vegetation.● The sandy soils of the desert support cactus and thorny bushes,
● Wet marshy, deltaic soils support mangroves and deltaic vegetation.
● The hill slopes with some depth of soil have conical trees.
2. Climate
Temperature :
● Temperature along with humidity in the air,precipitation and soil influence the vegetation of an area.● Fall in the temperature with increasing of height affects the types of vegetation and its growth, from tropical to subtropical temperate and alpine vegetation.
Photoperiod :
● The variation in duration of sunlight at different places is due to differences in
● Latitude,● Altitude,
● Season and
● Duration of the day
● Trees grow faster in summer due to longer duration sunlight.
● The place receiving longer duration of sunlight have dense vegetation
Precipitation :
● Areas of heavy rainfall have more dense vegetation as compared to areas of less rainfall.● India is blessed with heavy rainfall from Advancing South west monsoon and Retreating Northeast monsoon