Question

India is rich in flora and funny. Justify

Answer 1

do you mean fauna?

• India is one of world’s richest countries in terms of biodiversity,
• It has 8% species of plants and animals of the world (estimated to be 1.6 million )
• Over 81,000 species of fauna and 47,000 species of flora are found in India.
• 15,000 flora are flowering species are endemic to India
• 10 % of India’s wild flora and 20 % mammals are threatened.
• 79 species of mammals, 44 of birds, 15 of reptiles, and 3 of amphibians are threatened.
• 1,500 plant species are endangered and vertebrate animals have become extinct at a rate 50 to 100 times the average expected natural rate.

Answer 2

india is rich in flora and fauna because of the following factors

a.it has a very large geographical area which includes mountains,plains,valleys etc.

b.it also possess high variety in flora and fauna because of altitude latitude and climatic position.

c.types of flora and fauna found in the higher altitudes are different from lower altitudes.i.e, montains and coastal areas