392989523-Yamuna-Biodiversity-Park-ppt.ppt

its about yamuna biodiversity park

1. informatio
n
Yamuna
biodiversit
y
park

2. Emerging as the capital's most visited public place and
prominent center for learning and understanding the
environment, the Yamuna Bio diverstity Park has
become a home for biologically rich wetlands,
grassland communities, a wide variety of fruit yielding
species and an abundance of medicinal herbs.

3. Emerging as the
capital's most visited
public place and
prominent center for
learning and
understanding the
environment, the
Yamuna
Biodiverstity Park
has become a home
for biologically rich
wetlands, grassland
communities, a wide
variety of fruit
yielding species and
an abundance of
medicinal herbs.

4. The park features two
major zones - the visitor
zone and the nature
reserve zone.
 

5. The Yamuna Biodiversity Park is
presently spread over an area of
approximately 457 acres near
Wazirabad village
 on the flat alluvial
plains of the Yamuna
 and can be
approached:
 

6. (i) from
East Delhi
through
B
hajanpura,
(ii) from
South and
Central
Delhi
through
ISBT, and
(iii) from
North Delhi
through
Burari. The
B
iodiversity Park is
15 kms north-east of
Connaught
Place,
and 4 kms north of
I
SBT.

7. Surrounding the valley are
the
 
Ten Mounds 
which
illustrate the different
forest ecosystems in its
miniature form found all
along the Yamuna River
Basin. The composition of
forests, as in nature,
consists of three to four
layers:
 

8. a tree canopy that supports climbers and provides shade for
the middle storey tree layer and shrub layer which in turn
protect the ground-cover of herbs and grasses. Plantation on
these mounds is designed on the basis of the structure and
composition of the forest ecosystem found in its natural
environment. These ecosystems are:

9. Subtropical mixed evergreen forest
ecosystem
Top canopy -
 
Toona ciliata, Dalbergia
latifolia, Mitragyna parvifolia, Syzygium
cumini
Middle storey -
 
Trewia nudiflora,
Artocarpus lakoocha, Cinnamomum
camphora,
 
Shrub layer-
 
Dillenia indica, Coffea
benghalensis, Murraya paniculata,
Bauhinia malabarica,
 
Herbs and Grasses-
 
Barleria cristata,
Flemingia bracteata, Desmodium triflorum
Climbers- 
Vigna capensis, Combretum
decandrum, Vitis paniculatum

10. Moist tropical deciduous forest
ecosystem with Teak as a
dominant species
Top Canopy-
 
Tectona grandis,
Pterocarpus marsupium,
Diospyros melanoxylon,
 
Middle storey-
 
Buchanania
lanzan, Albizia lebbeck,
Bauhinia variegata

11. Tropical dry deciduous forest
ecosystem with Sal as a
dominant species
Tropical Dry Deciduous forest
with Teak as a dominant
species
Tropical thorn forest
Scrub jungle
 

12. G.D.GOENKA PUBLIC SCHOOL
EAST DELHI
Prepared by the students of Class
VIII