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NCERT Class 6 Geography Chapter 8: Climate, Vegetation and Wildlife

NCERT Class 6 Geography

Chapter 8: Climate, Vegetation & Wildlife

Climate vs. Weather

  • Winter: Dec to Feb – Cold
  • Summer: March to May – Hot - loo
  • Rainy: June to Sept – SW Monsoon (mausim – seasons in Arabic)
  • Autumn: Oct & Nov – Retreating Monsoon
  • Summer: lemon, tamarind, kokum, phalsa, watermelon, buttermilk
  • Rainy (English) , Varsha (Hindi) , Barish (Urdu) , Pous (Marathi) & Borsha (Bengali)

Factors Affecting Climate

  • Location
  • Altitude
  • Distance from Sea
  • Relief
  • Jaisalmer & Bikaner – Arid
  • Draas & Kargil – Freezing
  • Mumbai & Kolkata – Moderate
  • Mawsynram, Meghalaya – Highest rainfall in world

Natural Vegetation

  • Tropical Evergreen/Rainforest – Heavy rain, dense, no sunlight on ground, shed leaves in different season – A&N Is. , NE States, West of Western Ghats: Mahogany, Ebony & Rosewood
  • Tropical deciduous – Monsoon, Less dense, shed leaves at one time - MP, Bihar, UP, Chhattisgarh, Orissa, and Maharashtra: Sal, Teak, and Peepal
  • Thorny Shrubs – Dry, Spines - Raj, Punjab, Haryana: Cactus, Khair, Babool, Keekar
  • Mountain Vegetation – 1500 to 2500 mt, Conical, coniferous: Chir, Pine, Deodar
  • Mangroves – Saline, Sunderbans - Sundari Trees (pneumatophores)

Forest

  • Provide Oxygen
  • Act as carbon sink
  • Prevent soil erosion – hold soil
  • Timber for furniture
  • Food produce, gum, lac, honey
  • Shelter & Habitat
  • Van Mahotsav
Illustration: Forest

Wildlife

  • National Animal: Tiger
  • National Bird: Peacock
  • Gir Forest: Asiatic Lions
  • Elephants & One-horned Rhino: Assam
  • Camel & Wild Ass: Desert & Rann of Kutch
  • Wild Goats & Snow Leopards: Himalayas
  • 1st week of Oct: Wildlife Week
  • Project Tiger, Project Crocodile
  • Migratory Birds: Pelicans, Siberian Cranes, Stork, Flamingo, Curlew, Pintail Duck

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