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1. GEOGRAPHY OF INDIA MAIDAN
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Topography
India has a area of 3.29 Mio.km² R
and is the 7th biggest country in the REGENT PARK
world.
HOOGHYL RIVER
Sharing borders with India are Ban- HOOGHYL RIVER TALA PARK T
gladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar, China,
AFGHANISTAN TALA PARK TOLLYHUNGE
Nepal und Pakistan. JAMMU & KASHMIR JATINDRA MOHAN PARK L
Jhelum Indus JATINDRA MOHAN PARK LAKE GARDEN
Srinagar Darjeeling
DESHBANDU PARK L
Life forms from unicellular to Tea Plantage
LION SAFARI PARK
multicellular and microscopic to gi- Chenab DESHBANDU PARK DESHPARA SHITALA MAATH
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gantic sizes by the forests, deserts, DESHPARA SHITALA MAATH GAURI BARI KIT PARK RABINDRA SAROVAR
mountains, other land, air und water Ravi GAURI BARI KIT PARK BO
provide shelter, food, medicine, fod- HIMACHAL BOTANICAL GARDEN R
BAGMARI PARK
der, fuel, clothing for our daily needs PAKISTAN Beas
PRADESH BAGMARI PARK Robert Kyd
and raw material for industry. Sutlej Assam TRAFALGAR SQUARE S
PUNJAB Shimla
CHINA
Teagathering women TRAFALGAR SQUARE
MILENIUM PARK
SUBHAS SAROVAR
The Indo-Gangetic Plain occupies Chandigarh
Chandigarh
most of northern, central, and east- Dehradun MILENIUM PARK
CURZON PARK SUBHAS SAROVAR
ern India, while the Deccan Plateau HARYANA
UTTARANCHAL
Darjeeling CURZON PARK EDENSUBHASRIPON SQUARE
SAROVAR
GARDENS GURUDAS PARK Z
occupies most of southern India. To Kaangchenjunga EDEN GARDENS
BOTANICAL GARDEN SQUARE GURUDAS PARK
HAZI MOHAMMED MOHSIN SQUARE ZOOLOGICAL GARDEN
RIPON
the west of the country is the Thar Delhi (3th biggest moun-
ARUNACHAL BOTANICAL GARDEN MAIDAN
HAZI MOHAMMED MOHSIN SQUARE
Desert, which consists of a mix of NEW DELHIGanga HIMALAYA tain in the world)
PRADESH MAIDAN CHILDREN PRAK E
rocky and sandy desert. India’s east
Sarda
NEPAL
SIKKIM CHILDREN PRAK
ARABLE LAND EDEN GARDENS
and northeastern border consists of PA
RAJASTHAN UTTAR PRADESH BOUTHAN ARABLE LAND LADIES PARK
PARC CIRCUS
the high Himalayan range. Jaipur
Yamuna
Ghaghra
Gangtok Itanagar LADIES PARK GROUND PARK BURIAL
NATURE STUDY PARK
Luni Chambal Gandak
ASSAM PARK BURIAL GROUND B
Lucknow
Baghmati
Brahmanputra
NAGALANDm
6000 13.5 m NATURE STUDY PARK PARC CIRCUS
AUCLAND PARK BURIAL GROUND
Gomati Guwahati PARC CIRCUS WOODBURN PARK PARK
Banas
Betwa BIHAR Kosi Kohima
AUCLAND PARK BIRLA
TA
Shipra
Shillong WOODBURN PARK PARK
BIRLA QUEEN VIVTORIA PARK
Parbati
Patna MEGHALAYA Barak 4500 m 13.0 m
QUEEN VIVTORIA PARK ZOOLOGICAL GARDEN TALA PARK JA
Imphal NATURE PARK
Son MANIPUR NATURE PARK
ZOOLOGICAL GARDEN JATINDRA MOHAN PARK
Kali Sindh
BANGLADESH
3000 m 12.5 m
D
Sabarmati
MADHYA PRADESH JHARKHANDDamodar Aizwal DESHB ANDU PARK
GUJARAT Rihand WEST Agartala
Gandhinagar Narmada BENGAL TO
Mahi Bhopal MIZORAM
Ranc hi Kasai
Hughli TRIPURA 1800 m 12.0 m
LAKE GARDEN TOLLYGUNGE
Bhadar BA
Shetrunjaya Subarnarekha KOLKATA LAKE GARDEN LION SAFARI PARK BAGMARI PARK
CHHATTISGARH Brahmani 1350 m 11.5 m LION SAFARI PARK RABINDRA SAROVAR
BIRMANI QU
Diu
Wainganga
Raipur Mahanadi Baitarani
RABINDRA SAROVAR JODHPUR PARK
QUEEN VICTORIA PARK
JODHPUR PARK NI
Daman & Diu Silvasaa
Wardha
ORISSA 1000 m 11.0 m
Penganga NIBEDITA PARK
Dadra & Nagar Haveli TOLLYGUNGE HA
MAHARASHTRA TOLLYGUNGE LAND
ARABLE REGENT PARK
Arabian Sea Godavari
Prannita Indravati
Vamsadhara
Bhubaneshwar
Bay of Bengal 900 m ARABLE10.5 m
LAND REGENT PARK ARABLE LAND
HAZI MOHAMMED MOHSIN SQUARE
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GEOGRAPHY OF KOLKATA _Sandrine Grossenbacher
Mumbai NIBEDITA PARK MILLENIUM PARK
Manjra
NIBEDITA PARK ARABLE LAND JP
Dekkan Plateau Sabari JPDHPUR PARK
CU
Bhima 600 m 10.0 m
Sunderbans CURZON PARK
TR
Godavari Mangroves ARABLE LAND TRAFALGAR SQUARE
Hyderabad
Krihna 300 m 9.5 m ARABLE LAND DE
Krishna ANDHRA Pondicherry (Yanam) DESHPARA SHITALA MAATH
AU
PRADESH AUCLAND PARK
Tunabbgadra NA
150 m 9.2 m
Panaji NATURE STUDY PARK
WO
GOA Tunga
WOODBURN PARK
Pennar RIP
- 20 m 9.0 m
RIPON SQUARE
KARNATAKA Bhadra CH
CHILDREN PARK
Westbangal BIR
-40 m
Estern Ghats BIRLA PARK
AU
Palar
Bangalore Chennai
AUCKLAND PARK
PA
Ponnaiyar
Pondicherry PARK
Pondicherry (Puducherry)
LA
3000 m 600 m
Lakshadweep Beypore Bhavani 1800 m LAIDEIS PARK
Islands TAMIL 900 m 300 m GU
Kaveri
Pondicherry (Karaikal) 150 m PLANTS IN WESTBENGAL_KOLKATA GURUDAS PARK
Kavarati Periyar NADU
Vaigai
KERALA 100 m
75 m
Tamiraparani
40 m
Thiruvananthapuram
35 m
30 m
Western Ghats
300 m 25 m
Kolkata Lotus Plant, Nelumbo nucifera: Jamine Plant, Jasminum Bamboo (Bansh) Coconutpalm Banyan tree Orchid Plant, Oncidium sphacelatum
600 m It is the National Flower of sambac: a woody perennial evergreen is bleeding the hole year and It is one of the biggest The bloom season begins in autumn
India. It symbolizes divinity, Jasmine plant is found in plant. Bamboo belongs to the fruchtet das ganze jahr über tree in the world and can and ends in spring.
15 m fertility, wealth and knowledge. almost all the parts of India. true grass family, Poaceae. und bildet jährlcih 10-14 be found in the botanical But some orchids have a sleeping
It is grown in the damp soil. Jasmine is a evergreen semi steinfrüchte. garden of Kolkata. time in winter.
It requires Sunlight atleast six shrub. Winterblüte(Dec).
10 m
hours a day. The Lotus plant
should be fertilized regularly
0-5 m for one year.
Rivers
The major rivers of India are the Indus, Ganges and Brahmaputra. a 2700 km course, the Ganges comes together with the Brahmaputra into Kolkata, is the capital of the state of West Bengal and one of the nation’s Districtwise the highest number of fauna is present in Kolkata (4256).
the Bay of Bengal. The Brahmaputra comes from the Tibetan Tsangpo, the largest cities. It lies on the east bank of the Hooghly River, one of the The fauna and flora of West Bengal possess the combined characteris-
The Indus, with his 3200 km is the longest river in India. It arises from Tibet, most important flow of East India. western branches of the Ganges. The climate is hot and humid. Annual tics of the Himalayan and sub Himalayan Gangetic plain.
flowing through the western Himalaya, Kashmir and finally into the Arabian
Sea. The Himalayan river networks are snow-fed and have a continuous flow temperatures average about 26º C. Annual rainfall is about 168 cm. The
The Ganges River, the important flow from northindia, evolves from the throughout the year. Other networks are dependent on the monsoons Topography of India is about 5 meter over sea. Up to the Hooghly River The botanical garden in Kolkata has about 1,500 species, 2500 varieties
DRAFT
7817m high Nanda Devi in the western Himalya from two frontal flow. After and shrink into rivulets during the dry season. In India, permanent natural it is about 14 meter high. To the Bay of Bengal it sinks to 5m above sea including 750 trees and shrubs. Also the biggest tree “Banyan” of the
freshwater lakes are located mainly in the Himalayan belt and are motstly
44 tectonic or glacial in origin.
level. world is there with 1400 airroot. 45
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