A) Western ghats
B) Indo-Gangetic plain
C) Eastern ghats
D) Aravalli hills
Correct Answer: A
Solution :
Concept of hot spots was developed by Norman Meyer. Hot spots are the areas with high density of diversity or megadiversity which are also the most threatened ones. Today, the number of hot spots identified by ecologists are 25 in the world of which two hot spotsare present in India, i.e., Western ghats and Eastern Himalayas. Western ghats occur along the western coast of India for a distance of about 1600 km in Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala extending over to Srilanka. Eastern Himalayas hot spot extends from Bhutan to Myanmar covering most of north-east. In India, Indo-Gangetic plain, Eastern ghats and Aravali hills are mainly not considered as hot spot of biodiversity.
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