what do you mean by biodiversity? India is a country of vast biodiversity. Explain.
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Biodiversity is the variety and differences among living organisms from all sources, including terrestrial, marine, and other aquatic ecosystems and the ecological complexes of which they are a part. This includes genetic diversity within and between species and of ecosystems. Thus, in essence, biodiversity represents all life. India is one of the mega biodiversity centres in the world and has two of the world's 18 ‘biodiversity hotspots’ located in the Western Ghats and in the Eastern Himalayas (Myers 1999). The forest cover in these areas is very dense and diverse and of pristine beauty, and incredible biodiversity.
According to an MoEF Report (1996), the country is estimated to have over 45,000 plant species and 81,000 animal species representing 7% of the world’s flora and 6.5% of its fauna. The 1999 figures are 49,219 plant species representing 12.5% and 81,251 animal species representing
India is a land full biodiversity and resources that exist due to the physical diversity of landforms.
Explanation:
- Biodiversity is the diversity of biological life forms and it found in the biosphere and is said to be found most diverse in the tropics and the subtropics. Its expressed as genetic species ans ecosystem diversity.
- India being land rich in biological diversity is due to the presence of the human and physical elements.
- The western ghat that is the continuous chain of mountain ranges from the goa to the Kerala coast and is made of evergreen forest that is filled with diverse life.
- The northern parts of the country have various mountain ranges and a different ecoregion for plants and animals.
- The northern states like Punjab, Haryana, and Jammu and Kashmir are home to a large number of wetlands that attract the migrator species of birds.
- There exist about 10 major realms of biodiversity in India as trans Himalayan, Himalayan, desert, semi-arid, western ghats, Deccan peninsular, Gangetic plains, oasts, northeast, and islands.
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