India’s Biogeographic Zones

The Biogeographic zones of India are:-

1. The cold mountainous snow covered Trans

Himalayan region of Ladakh.

2. The Himalayan ranges and valleys of Kash-

mir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Assam

and other North Eastern States.

3. The Terai, the lowland where the Himalayan

rivers flow into the plains.

4. The Gangetic and Bhramaputra plains.

5. The Thar Desert of Rajasthan.

6. The semi arid grassland region of the

Deccan plateau Gujarat, Maharashtra,

Andra Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.

7. The Northeast States of India,

8. The Western Ghats in Maharashtra,

Karnataka and Kerala.

9. The Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

10. The long western and eastern coastal belt

with sandy beaches, forests and mangroves.