Biodiversity hotspots (India’s three)जैव विविधता हॉटस्पॉट (भारत के तीन)

NCERT Section 13.2.2 · Class 12 Biology · Chapter 13 · interactive diagram

Parts and their functions

• 34 hotspots worldwide (विश्व में 34 हॉटस्पॉट) — Regions of very high species richness and high endemism; initially 25, then 9 added. They are also regions of accelerated habitat loss. All together they cover <2% of land but hold extremely many species; strict protection could reduce ongoing mass extinctions by almost 30%.
• Himalaya (हिमालय) — One of the three hotspots covering India’s exceptionally high biodiversity regions.
• Indo-Burma (इंडो-बर्मा) — One of the three hotspots covering India (north-east India and neighbouring regions).
• Western Ghats and Sri Lanka (पश्चिमी घाट एवं श्रीलंका) — One of the three hotspots covering India; the Western Ghats also have higher amphibian species diversity than the Eastern Ghats.

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