Wildlife : Geography

Wildlife plays an important role in balancing the environment. Wildlife provides stability to different processes of nature. Wildlife and nature have been largely associated with humans for emotional and social reasons.

The term “wildlife” refers to groups of animals that are hard to control through intensive farming or similar processes. In this sense, a group of wild animals is a part of a balanced ecosystem directly or indirectly affecting the overall ecosystem dynamics.

India is rich in its fauna. Elephants are found in the hot wet forests of Assam, Karnataka and Kerala. One-horned rhinoceroses are found in Assam and West Bengal.

Rann of Kachchh is the habitat for wild ass whereas the Thar Desert is the habitat for camels. The natural habitat of the Indian lion is the Gir forest in Gujarat. Tigers are found in the forests of Madhya Pradesh, the Sundarbans of West Bengal and the Himalayan region.

Ladakh’s freezing high altitudes are home to yak, the shaggy horned wild ox, the Tibetan antelope, the bharal (blue sheep), wild sheep, and the kiang (Tibetan wild ass).

In the rivers, lakes and coastal areas, turtles, crocodiles and gharials are found. Peacocks, pheasants, ducks, parakeets, cranes and pigeons are some of the birds inhabiting the forests and wetlands of the country.