Climate of India is affected by the factors of latitudinal extent, altitude, distance from seas, monsoon wind, relief features and jet stream.

(a) Natural vegetation refers to a plant community unaffected by man either directly or indirectly.
(b) It includes all plant life forms such as trees, bushes, herbs and forbs, etc. that grow naturally in an area have been Ieft undisturbed by a human for a long time.

(a) The word 'monsoon' has been derived from the Arabic word 'Mausim' which means 'season'.
(b) Originally, the word 'monsoon' was used to describe a system of seasonal reversal of winds along the shores of the Indian Ocean especially over the Arabian Sea.
(c) It blows from the south - west to the north - east during summer and from the north - east to the south - west during winter.

Biosphere reserves are protected areas of a land coastal environment where in people are an integral component of the system.

Natural vegetation can be classified as tropical evergreen forests, tropical deciduous forests, tropical dry forests, desert and semi desert vegetation, mountain forests, Alpine forests, Tidal forests, coastal forests, and Riverine forest.

Wildlife sanctuary is an area where wild animals and plants are protected. It is a declared protected area where very limited human activities are allowed.

(i) The Indian Board for Wildlife (IBWL) was constituted in 1952 to suggest means of protection, conservation, and management of wildlife to the government.
(ii) The government of India enacted Wildlife (Protection) Act in 1972 with the objective of effectively protecting the wildlife of the country and to control poaching, smuggling and illegal trade in wildlife and its diversities.
(iii) United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity( CBD) in 1992 recognizes the sovereign rights of states to use their own Biological Resources.

(i) The term 'Wildlife' includes animals of any habitat in nature.
(ii) Wild animals are non-domesticated animals and include both vertebrates (Fish, Amphibians, Reptiles, Birds, and Mammals) and invertebrates(Bees, Butterflies, Moths, etc.).
(iii) India has a rich and diversified wildlife.

(i) These forests are found along the rivers on Khadar areas.
(ii) These are known for Tamarisk and Tamarind trees.
(iii) The rivers of Great Plains are more prominent for this type of natural vegetation.

(i) Because of the atmospheric pressure conditions, the winds blow from southwest to northeast direction in Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal.
(ii) They bring pre monsoon showers to the west coast during the month of May. There are few thunder showers called "Mango Showers" which helps in quick ripening of mangoes along the coast of Kerala and Karnataka.

Project Tiger was launched in April 1973 with the aim to conserve tiger population in specifically constituted "Tiger Reserves" in India.

The most important trees are Rubber, Mahogany, Ebony, Rosewood, Coconut, Bamboo, Cinchona, Candes, Palm, Iron wood and Cedar.

Meteorology is the science of weather. It is essentially an inter-disciplinary science because the atmosphere, land and ocean constitute an integrated system.