Write about aquatic animals and plants found in the lakes of Ladakh.
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Mammals of Ladakh
Snow Leopard. The snow leopard is one of the rarest mammals in the world. ...
Tibetan Wolf. Called Shangku in Ladakh, the Tibetan wolf is a sub-species of grey wolf. ...
Eurasian Lynx. ...
Red Fox. ...
Himalayan Brown Bear. ...
Asiatic Ibex. ...
Blue Sheep or Bharal. ...
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Ladakh, the northern most part of India, a region in Jammu & Kashmir covers more than 92000 Sq. Kms (more than 70%) geographical area of the state. It is the highest inhabited plateau of the world known for its inaccessible remoteness and cold climatic conditions with human population approximately 150 000, is one of the least populated area in the Indian Subcontinent.
Ladakh forms part of the trans-Himalayas, a vast area of high altitude semi-desert and steppe. The Himalayan Ranges immediately to the north of The Great Himalayan Range are called Trans-Himalayas, which stretch for a distance of about 1000km in east-west direction. The Zanskar, the Ladakh, the Kailash and the Karakoram are the main ranges of the trans Himalayan system. Ladakh constitute over 80% of the trans-Himalayan tract in India. Indian cold deserts comes under the Trans-Himalayan zone and the major parts of Indian cold desert are confined to Ladakh which covers an area of about 68,321 sq km followed by Lahaul-Spiti in Himachal Pradesh. Two major mountain chains, the mighty Himalayas and Karakoram, demarcate its natural borders towards the south and the north respectively, whereas the Zanskar and Ladakh ranges run through it cut by the flow of river Indus.
India is one of the twelve mega biodiversity rich countries of the world which together supports nearly 60-70% of the world's biodiversity. Ten bio-geographic zones represent the biodiversity of India and Ladakh is considered as one of the zone. The zone has been further sub-divided between the Ladakh mountain (bio-geographic zone 1A) which includes the high ranges and valleys of Zanskar, Indus, Shyok-Nubra and Lahul Spiti(60% of the zone)and the Indian portion of the Tibetan Plateau(bio-geographical zone 1B, the remaining 40%) constituted by the Changthang region of eastern Ladakh and a small area of Sikkim north of Kanchen Jonga.
Fauna of Ladakh
Snow Leopard. The snow leopard is one of the rarest mammals in the world. ...
Tibetan Wolf. Called Shangku in Ladakh, the Tibetan wolf is a sub-species of grey wolf. ...
Eurasian Lynx. ...
Red Fox. ...
Himalayan Brown Bear. ...
Asiatic Ibex. ...
Blue Sheep or Bharal. ...
Ladakh Urial.
Flora of Ladakh
Common plant species which are growing around barren valley of Indus and Changthang are Polygonum aviculare, Atriplex crassifolia, Corydalis flabellata, Caragana pygmea, Capparis spinosa, Echinops cornigerous, Ephedra gerardiana, Physochlaina praealta and Peganum harmala.