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What is natural vegetation? - Geography

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What is natural vegetation?

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Natural vegetation refers to a plant community that has been left undisturbed over a long time, so as to allow its individual species to adjust themselves to climate and soil conditions as fully as possible. India is a land of a great variety of natural vegetation.

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Chapter 5: Natural Vegetation - Exercises [Page 67]

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NCERT Geography - India: Physical Environment [English]
Chapter 5 Natural Vegetation
Exercises | Q 2. (i) | Page 67

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