<Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> <P> India has some of the world's most biodiverse regions . The political boundaries of India encompass a wide range of ecozones--desert, high mountains, highlands, tropical and temperate forests, swamplands, plains, grasslands, areas surrounding rivers, as well as island archipelago . It hosts 4 biodiversity hotspots: the Himalayas, the Western Ghats, the Indo - Burma region and the Sundaland (Includes Nicobar group of Islands). These hotspots have numerous endemic species . </P> <P> India, for the most part, lies within the Indomalaya ecozone, with the upper reaches of the Himalayas forming part of the Palearctic ecozone; the contours of 2000 to 2500m are considered to be the altitudinal boundary between the Indo - Malayan and Palearctic zones . India displays significant biodiversity . One of seventeen megadiverse countries, it is home to 7.6% of all mammalian, 12.6% of all avian, 6.2% of all reptilian, 4.4% of all amphibian, 11.7% of all fish, and 6.0% of all flowering plant species . </P>

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