SSC
PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY
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Detailed explanation-1: -These hotspots are known to have the richness of endemic species.-India has 3 of the major hotspots of the world among a total of 34 hotspots of the world. These include-Western ghats, Indo-Burma, and Himalaya.
Detailed explanation-2: -The term ‘mega’ represent ‘large’. Thus, megadiversity means a large number of species are present in the ecosystem. As India is rich in the diversity of animals and plants, India is called a mega diversity center.
Detailed explanation-3: -India is one of the megadiverse countries in the world with 45, 000 species of plants and twice as many of the animals have been recorded in India. India has only 2.4% of the world’s land area but the species diversity in India is 8.1 percent which makes India one of twelve megadiversity countries of the world.