What is Biodiversity hotspot? Write down the name and specialities of two such Hotspot found in India.
What is Biodiversity hotspot? Write down the name and specialities of two such Hotspot found in India.

Solution:

Biodiversity hotspot is a biogeochemical region which act as a prominent reservoir of diverse organism and are threatened for destruction.

There are 34 biodiversity hotspots in the entire world that protects the diversity of flora and fauna that are still alive.

Two hotspots found in India are-

Western ghats present along the western edge of peninsular India and consists of about 77% of amphibians that are found nowhere else in the world. The hotspots are also famous for the 62% reptiles that are found only here in India.

 

The Himalayas comprises Bhutan, northeast India, southern, central and eastern Nepal. They consists of almost 163 endangered species.