ANIMALS

S.NO VEGETATION CLIMATE FEATURES OF VEGETATION AREAS FOUND

1. No mass shedding of Monkeys,

leaves. apea,
2. Dense,
Tropical Amazon and lizards,
thick growth and 'Canopy'.
Evergreen Hot and humid Orinoco basin in snakes,leop
1 Forests, Selvas throughout the South America, ards,
3. Not very
or Equatorial year Congo Basin in hippopotam
usefulcommercially. Some
Forests Africa. us,pythons
commercially useful trees are and
ebony, rosewood and elephants.
mahogany.

1. Fewer species like teak, sal,

bamboo and sandalwood.

2. trees are of medium Found in the

Tropical height and shed their leaves monsoon region Elephants,
Hot and wet tigers,
Deciduous or in the dry season for six to of Asia, parts of leopards
2 with a distinct eight weeks.
Monsoon Central America,
dry period and
Forests 3.Thick Brazil, and North rhinoceros.
undergrowth. America.

4.Commercially important
forests.

1.Broad-leaved trees that

shed leaves in winter/autumn
when temperature is below
6°C.
Moderately cool 2.Rapid plant Western Europe,
Temperate climate of growth after spring in northeast China, Deer, foxes,
3 Deciduous coastal areas summer. Japan, South wolves,
Forests with moderate 3.Forests Chile and New beavers etc.
rainfall. have been cleared for Zeland
agriculture and industry.

4. Oaks, ash,
beech, poplar.

1. Trees adapted to summer

drought .
2. Waxy, thick
leaves to check loss of water.

3.found in the interior Western margins

of continents in
Moderate or of the continents between Goats,
temperature
mild winter, 40°-55° north and south Sheep,
regions. E.g.,
4 Mediterranean rainfall mostly in latitudes. Cattle,
Spain, Portugal,
winter, dry and 4. Deep roots, South of donkeys,
France,
hot summers thick barks. Horses.
California.
5. Scattered
trees of o;ive, cork oak, cedar,
pinesw, firs, nuts etc.
6.Board leaved
evergreen trees are found.
 1. Tall, cone-shaped tees that
let snow slide down easily.

2.Evergreen trees with needle 1.Exists between

like leaves. 50°N-70°N and in
3.Generally the high
one species found growing in altitudes. Silver fox,
Coniferous or Temperate
5 an area. mink and
Taiga forests Climate 4. Pine, spruce, polar bear.
fir, lichen and other soft 2.Norway,
woods. Sweden, Finland,
5. Softwood Poland
commercially useful for
making paper.

Tropical zone, Zebras,

Tall and course grass about eastern side of elephants,gi
Warm with less two metres high, umbrella equatorial region
Tropical raffes, deer,
rain of 35-75 cm, shaped scattered trees found, in africa, parts of
6 Grassland or lions,
distinct dry those that can tolreate the Brazilizn plateau,
Savanna leopards,
season. summer dry season. E.g., Deccan plateau and
Acacia and Boabab and North cheetahs.
America.

continents,
between 40-50
north and south
latitudes.

1. Steppes in
Eurasia.

1. Few scattered trees. 2.

Moderate prairies in North Wild
fainfall of only 2.Short luxuriant grasses. America. buffaloes or
Temperats 50 cm in a year.
7 bisons,
Grasslands Cool summers 3. Most relaced by cattle and
and cold farmers for cultivating wheat 3.Pampas in sheep.
winters. and corn or catle grazing. South America.

4.Veldt in South
Africa.

5. Downs in
Australia.

1. Short thorny shrubs with

deep roots and small leathery California desert,
leaves to prevent water loss. Atacama, Sahara Camels
North Amercia, and
High nocturnal
temperature and
Desert 2.Other plants have and Kalahari in animals
8 extremely low
Vegetation Africa, Thar in specially
rainfall below 25 thick fleshy stem.e.g., Cacti. India, West small
cm. Australian repitiles.
3. A few acacia trees desert.
and wild dates are found.
 1.North Pole and
1. Treeless area. extreme North Polar bears,
2.Mosses and lichens grow and Asia,Europe
America, seals,
Very short cool North walruses,
and Arctic flowers bloom in of 60° latitude.
Cold Desert or summers, less the short growing season. fish and
9 Tundra than 3 months reindeer
Vegetation and severe, long 2.
3. Some grass and dwarf Alaska,Southern (also called
winters shrubs are found near lakes caribou in
Greenland,
and marshes.Eg-Willow, Northern Part of America)
Pirch, Alder trees Eurasia.

1. Mixed variety of hard Monkeys,

wood. Bear, Giant
Temperate 2. Trees Southeast part of Panda
Evergreen warm such as Timber, Oak, Pine China, Japan,USA Wolves,
10 Forest temperature Bamboo are found here. and Brazil Foxes etc.