Flora and fauna of Himachal Pradesh 2 page essay
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The naturally beautiful Himachal Pradesh has some of the greatest places to see. It has more than enough to offer to the travellers and tourists. Situated in the northern part of India this hilly state has a great landscape and topography which has allowed it to flourish in tourism, wild life and breath-taking scenic views. Especially the climate here is of unique type, a beautiful blend of both warm and cool air flows here that also brings ample amount of rainfall. This has allowed the region to grow immense amount of greenery. There is a huge forest cover in Himachal and because of this there is a vast variety of flora and fauna. The wildlife in Himachal has attracted people from everywhere. Animal lovers come here to get a glimpse of the beautiful Himalayan animals and birds.
Himachal has tropical forests that have trees of wide variety such as the cedar, pine, oak, fir, birch, alder, etc. Beautiful Rhododendrons make the forests enchanting to see and the green fresh grasses make a perfect jogging area here. Among these beautiful plants and flowers there are some beautiful birds and animals such as the pheasants, partridges, patient,kites, snow leopard, bharal, thar, deer and Himalayan bear that have made the Himachal Pradesh wildlife unique and incredible. This amazing state has been blessed with such beautiful wonders and the Himachal Tourism and the state government has successfully constructed 32 wildlife sanctuaries, 2 national parks and 3 game reserves.
Himachal Pradesh has about 27 per cent of its total area under forests. This makes the wildlife thrilling and exciting. It has been announced recently that there are about 3295 species of flora and about 5721 species of fauna alone in the forests of Himachal. Some of the important wildlife sanctuaries are Manali sanctuary, Churdhar sanctuary, Great Himalayan National Park, Nature Park Gopalpur, Nature Park Manali, Pin Valley National park, Nature Park Kufri and KalatopKhajjiar Sanctuary
The Himalayan animals like the snow leopard, snow partridge and snowcock are adapted to extreme cold climate. In lower altitudes there are birds such as the cheer pheasant and western tragopan and animals like Himalayan thar and musk. There are also a number of lakes, rivers and artificial reservoirs where various migratory birds are found during summer. The Himachal government has shown interest in wildlife and thus has built good standard rest houses in the forests and also has allotted land for camp sites.