Why India is called a mega biodiversity Centre? How many
hotspots are present in India
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Question:Why India is called a mega biodiversity Centre?
Answer:India is known for its rich heritage of Biological diversity, having already documented over 91,000 species of animals and 45,500 species of plants in its 10 biogeographic regions. ... India a mega diversity country with only 2.4% of the land area of the world, but accounts for 7.8% of the recorded species of the world.
Question:How many
hotspots are present in India?
Answer:4
India hosts 4 biodiversity hotspots: the Himalayas, the Western Ghats, the Indo-Burma region and the Sundaland (Includes Nicobar group of Islands). These hotspots have numerous endemic species.
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Mega means large so mega diversity means a large number and wide range of species present in an ecosystem. As India is very rich in the diversity of plants and animals, so it is called as mega diversity centre .