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The natural vegetation is a dry deciduous forest with trees up to 25 meters in height, with areas of thorn scrub. The vegetation has been much altered by centuries of intensive agriculture and grazing. The North Western Ghats moist deciduous forests cover the Western Ghats range in the extreme southeastern portion of Gujarat.
Name of National Park Area km 2 District Major wildlife supported Notified Gir Forest National Park: 258.71: Junagadh: Asiatic lion, leopard, chausingha, spotted deer, hyena, sambar deer, chinkara
The Central Deccan Plateau dry deciduous forests occupy an area of 240,200 square kilometers (92,700 sq mi), in which the dominant natural habitat is or was woodland of Hardwickia binata and Albizia amara trees, located on the central and southern portion of the plateau.
This gave rise to what is often called Asia's finest natural grasslands. [30] This entire region of Kutch, Gujarat is however drought prone due to erratic monsoons with cattle breeding pastoralist tribes living here having to move out with their livestock as the region turns into a desert in bad rainfall years. [4] [9] [32] [33] [34]
Gir National Park and Wildlife Sanctuary, also known as Sasan Gir, is a forest, national park, and wildlife sanctuary near Talala Gir in Gujarat, India.It is located 43 km (27 mi) north-east of Somnath, 65 km (40 mi) south-east of Junagadh and 60 km (37 mi) south-west of Amreli.
Environment of Gujarat state in western India. Subcategories. This category has the following 5 subcategories, out of 5 total. F. Fauna of Gujarat (2 C, 7 P)
This category includes the native flora of Gujarat state, located in southern India. Taxa of the lowest rank are always included. Higher taxa are included only if endemic.
The Kathiawar region (also called as Saurashtra), extends from the Gulf of Kutch in the north to the Gulf of Khambhat in the south in Gujarat. The northeast of the peninsular consists of a large sandstone formation extending for 60,000 km 2 (23,000 sq mi). The vegetation of this section is dry, with thorn forests.