The Nicobari photo album - Nature

Photos courtesy of the
Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IRRS), Government of India
Dehradun 248001
Uttaranchal, India
Tel. 0135-2744583, Fax 0135-2741987

From Biodiversity Characterisation at Landscape Level in the Andaman and Nicobar islands using satellite Remote Sensing and geographic Information System, Institute of Remote Sensing, Dehra Dun, India, 2003 

Mixed evergreen forest on Great Nicobar

 

The southernmost point of Indian territory: beach vegetation and the lighthouse at Indira Point at the southern tip of Great Nicobar island

 

Casuarina forest along the coast of Kamorta island

 

Tree ferns (Sphaeropteris albo-setacea) in evergreen forest on Great Nicobar

 

Pandanus leram along the north-south road on Great Nicobar

 

Lowland swamp forest on Katchal island

 

Coconut stand on Cat Nicobar, degraded through water-logging

 

Bruguiera sp.on Trinket island, degraded through natural causes

 

Rubber plantation with Hevea brasiliensis on Katchal island

 

Scaevola sericea is common along the shores throughout the Nicobar islands

 

The fern Dicranopteris linearis is common in the Nicobars

 

Upland grasslands on Car Nicobar

 

A coconut plantation with a Nicobari settlement on Kamorta island

 

The Galathea River on Great Nicobar

 

A scientific expdition on the way to Mt. Thulllllier on Great Nicobar takes a break in a dry stream bed, in the midst of evergreen forest.

 

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