Facts about Biodiversity of India

Interesting Facts about Biodiversity of India

• India is just 2 percent of the world land mass but 8 percent of the world’s biodiversity is found in the country.

• 16 types of forests are found in India including the evergreen tropical rain forests, dry alpine scrub forests, semi evergreen rain forests, deciduous monsoon forests, thorn forests, subtropical pine forests and more.

• India has some of the wettest, driest, hottest and coldest regions in the world.

• Indian coastline is 7516 km long.

• India is one of the 18 mega-diverse nations of the world.

• The two biodiversity hotspots present in India are the Western Ghats and the East Himalayan region.

• 11 percent of plant biodiversity in the world is found in India.

• There are 15,000 species of flowering plants in India.

Credits-

http://indiasendangered.com/facts-you-did-not-know-about-biodiversity-of-india/

Information By-

Garima Khullar (India)