Certificate - Etheses - Saurashtra University

The climate of the area is typically temperate and alpine type. From December to
March, temperature remains less than 10º C and comes down to –10º C because of
heavy snowfall. The change over from winter to summer is gradual. The summer
temperature goes up to 25 C. During March and April, weather is cool and bright, and
the temperature begins to rise rapidly after the middle of April and continue till end of
the rainy season in July. Month of October and November are comparatively dry and
cold weather usually starts by the middle of November. The annual rainfall in the
Kugti wildlife sanctuary is recorded 1400mm. As a whole, the climate is temperate
with well-marked seasons. The south facing physical environment in the Kugti
wildlife sanctuary can be described as rocky terrain with frequent outcrops of huge
boulders, slate and rock faces while north facing part of sanctuary are having dense
mixed forests.
3.3 Vegetation
The major vegetation types in the Kugti wildlife sanctuary include Temperate broad
leaf (12/C 1e), Temperate conifer forest (12/C 1f), Moist deodar forest (l2/C 1c), Blue
pine (12/2 S 1), Blue pine and spruce (12/C lc), Temperate broad leaf conifer (I 2/C
1d), Sub-alpine forest (I4/C 1b), Temperate secondary scrub (12/C 1/DS2), Alpine
scrub (IS/C 1), Birch Rhododendron or stunted forest (IS/C 2/E1), Temperate
grasslands (l2/D S3), Alpine meadows (1S/C 3) and a several intermediate and
secondary seral stages (Champion and Seth, 1968). Map 2 shows the vegetation and
landcover with broad habitat categories in Kugti wildlife sanctuary. Photograph 2
shows gots or pastures and agricultural land in the sanctuary area.
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