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    The Yamuna Biodiversity Park is a 457-acre park located near Wazirabad village that has become a home for biologically rich wetlands, grasslands, fruit trees, and medicinal herbs. It features two zones - a visitor zone and a nature reserve zone. Surrounding the park are ten mounds illustrating different forest ecosystems found along the Yamuna River Basin, with plantations designed based on the structure and composition of the natural forests. The park aims to promote learning and understanding of the environment and is one of Delhi's most visited public places.

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    The Yamuna Biodiversity Park is a 457-acre park located near Wazirabad village that has become a home for biologically rich wetlands, grasslands, fruit trees, and medicinal herbs. It features two zones - a visitor zone and a nature reserve zone. Surrounding the park are ten mounds illustrating different forest ecosystems found along the Yamuna River Basin, with plantations designed based on the structure and composition of the natural forests. The park aims to promote learning and understanding of the environment and is one of Delhi's most visited public places.

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    The Yamuna Biodiversity Park is a 457-acre park located near Wazirabad village that has become a home for biologically rich wetlands, grasslands, fruit trees, and medicinal herbs. It features two zones - a visitor zone and a nature reserve zone. Surrounding the park are ten mounds illustrating different forest ecosystems found along the Yamuna River Basin, with plantations designed based on the structure and composition of the natural forests. The park aims to promote learning and understanding of the environment and is one of Delhi's most visited public places.

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    The Yamuna Biodiversity Park is a 457-acre park located near Wazirabad village that has become a home for biologically rich wetlands, grasslands, fruit trees, and medicinal herbs. It features two zones - a visitor zone and a nature reserve zone. Surrounding the park are ten mounds illustrating different forest ecosystems found along the Yamuna River Basin, with plantations designed based on the structure and composition of the natural forests. The park aims to promote learning and understanding of the environment and is one of Delhi's most visited public places.

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    Yamuna

    biodiversity
    park
    information
    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.
    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.
    The park features two
    major zones - the visitor
    zone and the nature
    reserve zone.
    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:
    (i) from East Delhi
    through
    Bhajanpura,
    (ii) from South and
    Central Delhi
    through ISBT, and
    (iii) from North Delhi
    through Burari. The
    Biodiversity Park is
    15 kms north-east of
    Connaught Place,
    and 4 kms north of
    ISBT.
    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:
    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:
    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
    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
    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
    G.D.GOENKA PUBLIC SCHOOL
    EAST DELHI

    Prepared by the students of Class


    VIII

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