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NEET2020BotanyBiodiversity and its ConservationActual

Which of the following regions of the globe exhibits the highest species diversity?

Options

  1. AMadagascar
  2. BHimalayas
  3. CAmazon forests
  4. DWestern Ghats of India

Correct answer

C. Amazon forests

Step-by-step solution

Tropical Amazonian rain forest in South America has the greatest biodiversity on earth. The Amazonian rain forest are also called lungs of the planet. Amazon forests occupy the tropical belt with climatic conditions being hot and humid. This condition is responsible for a variety of plant growth followed by the dependent heterotrophs.

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