SOILS AND NATURAL VEGETATION
NATURAL VEGETATION INDIA
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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1 only
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2 only
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Both 1 and 2
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Neither 1 nor 2
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Detailed explanation-1: -Detailed Solution. The correct answer is Neither 1 nor 2. A biodiversity hotspot is a biogeographic region with significant levels of biodiversity that is threatened by human habitation.
Detailed explanation-2: -India hosts 4 biodiversity hotspots: the Himalayas, the Western Ghats, the Indo-Burma region and the Sundaland (Includes Nicobar group of Islands).
Detailed explanation-3: -Biodiversity hotspots are located only in tropical regions. India has four biodiversity hotspots, i.e., Eastern Himalayas, Western Himalayas, Western Ghats and Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Andes Mountains Tropical Hotspot is the world’s most diverse hotspot. About one-sixth of all plant species in the world live in this region. The New Zealand archipelago is another hotspot. Life on New Zealand evolved in isolation, so the islands contain many species not found anywhere else.
Detailed explanation-5: -The most diversified Biodiversity Hotspot on earth is the Andes Mountains Tropical Hotspot.