Write the name of biodiversity hotspots in short
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A biodiversity hotspot is a biogeographic region that is both a significant reservoir of biodiversity and is threatened with destruction.
These are the well known 10 biodiversity hotspots in the world.
1. North and Central America: California Floristic Province, Madrean pine-oak woodlands, Mesoamerica
2. The Caribbean: Caribbean Islands
3. South America: Atlantic Forest, Cerrado, Chilean Winter Rainfall-Valdivian Forests, Tumbes-Chocó-Magdalena, Tropical Andes
4. Europe: Mediterranean Basin
5. Africa: Cape Floristic Region, Coastal Forests of Eastern Africa, Eastern Afromontane, Guinean Forests of West Africa; Horn of Africa; Madagascar and the Indian Ocean Islands; Maputaland-Pondoland-Albany; Succulent Karoo
6. Central Asia: Mountains of Central Asia;
7. South Asia: Eastern Himalaya, Nepal; Indo-Burma, India and Myanmar; Western Ghats, India; Sri Lanka
8. South East Asia and Asia-Pacific: East Melanesian Islands; New Caledonia; New Zealand; Philippines; Polynesia-Micronesia; Southwest Australia; Sundaland; Wallacea;
9. East Asia: Japan; Mountains of Southwest China
10. West Asia: Caucasus; Irano-Anatolian