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Vegetation of Sikkim Sikkim provides a great variety of habitats, that support and sustains rich Flora and Fauna. The Vegetation of Sikkim changes from tropical to subtropical upwards through middle hills with much coniferous and Oak forests of temperate character to the higher slopes with sub alpine scrub and alpine “meadows” generally related to higher … Read more
Soils of Sikkim Sikkim is a small, extremely mountainous state in the Indian Himalayas with sharply defined and extremely steep watersheds. Although, Sikkim is only about forty miles in width and seventy miles in length, its altitude escalates rapidly from about 300 m above mean sea level in the South to about 8583 m along … Read more
Drainage System and River of Sikkim Sikkim is a small Himalayan state in north-east India situated between 27degree 00’ 46″ to 28 degree 07’ 48″ N latitude and 88 degree 00’ 58″ to 88 degree 55’ 25″E longitude with geographical area of 7,096 sq km constituting only 0.22% of total geographical area of India. It … Read more
Climate of Sikkim The Climate of Sikkim is extremely varied largely due to variation in altitude. It has the Himalayan or high mountain type of climate. Altitude is the most important factor controlling the climate and weather condition here. Relief features such as high Mountains act as the barriers for the movements of Monsoon Winds. … Read more
Animal Husbandry of Sikkim Livestock sector in Sikkim is highly livelihood intensive, agriculture along with livestock is the single largest employer in the state, over 80 per cent of the rural households in the state own livestock and earn supplementary incomes from them, distribution of livestock holdings is less iniquitous – over 85 per cent … Read more
agriculture of Sikkim The economy of Sikkim is linked with Agriculture of Sikkim that serves as the source of livelihood and economic security of sizeable native Population. The Growth, however, has been restricted because of biotic and abiotic factors. It is estimated that over 80 per cent of the rural population depends on agriculture and … Read more