Biodiversity Hotspots in India
Four regions that satisfy these criteria exist in India and are described below.
The Western Ghats and Sri Lanka
About the Region:
- The Western Ghats are a chain of hills that run along the western edge of peninsular India.
- Through their proximity to the ocean and through orographic effect, they receive high rainfall.
- These regions have moist deciduous forest and rain forest. The region shows high species diversity as well as high levels of endemism.
- Nearly 77% of the amphibians and 62% of the reptile species found here are found nowhere else.
- Sri Lanka, which lies to the south of ....
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