CLASS 11 GEOGRAPHY · NCERT · CH 7: NATURAL VEGETATION
Biosphere Reserves & Hotspots 🦚
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Key locations covered (19)
- Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve — Tamil Nadu / Kerala / Karnataka
- Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve — Uttarakhand
- Nokrek Biosphere Reserve — Meghalaya
- Manas Biosphere Reserve — Assam
- Sundarbans Biosphere Reserve — West Bengal
- Gulf of Mannar Biosphere Reserve — Tamil Nadu
- Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve — Andaman & Nicobar
- Similipal Biosphere Reserve — Odisha
- Dibru-Saikhowa Biosphere Reserve — Assam
- Dehang-Dibang Biosphere Reserve — Arunachal Pradesh
- Pachmarhi Biosphere Reserve — Madhya Pradesh
- Khangchendzonga Biosphere Reserve — Sikkim
- Agasthyamalai Biosphere Reserve — Tamil Nadu / Kerala
- Achanakmar-Amarkantak Biosphere Reserve — Chhattisgarh / Madhya Pradesh
- Kachchh Biosphere Reserve — Gujarat
- Cold Desert Biosphere Reserve — Himachal Pradesh
- Seshachalam Biosphere Reserve — Andhra Pradesh
- Panna Biosphere Reserve — Madhya Pradesh
- Biodiversity Hotspots in India (overview) — Pan-India
Sample questions (12 of 109)
When was Nilgiri designated India's first BR?
1986 — India's first Biosphere Reserve.
UNESCO MAB inscription year?
2000 — among the first 5 Indian BRs added to the UNESCO World Network.
Constituent protected areas?
Bandipur NP, Mudumalai NP, Wayanad WLS, Nagarhole NP, Mukurthi NP, Silent Valley NP — single elephant + tiger landscape.
Flagship endemic species?
Nilgiri tahr (Eravikulam holds world's largest population), lion-tailed macaque (Silent Valley), Nilgiri langur.
Total area?
~5,500 sq km — among India's largest tiger + elephant landscapes.
Why is Nilgiri central to the Western Ghats hotspot?
Highest concentration of endemic flora/fauna in peninsular India; meeting point of Eastern + Western Ghats.
Designated?
1988 — second Indian BR.
UNESCO MAB inscription?
2004.
Includes which UNESCO sites?
Nanda Devi NP (1988) and Valley of Flowers NP (added 2005) — together a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Why is the core zone closed?
Nanda Devi core has been closed to all visitors since 1983 to allow ecological recovery; only science expeditions permitted.
Notable wildlife?
Snow leopard, Himalayan tahr, musk deer, blue sheep, Himalayan monal.
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This topic is part of the NCERT Class 11 Geography syllabus, drawn from the chapter Ch 7: Natural Vegetation. Content is cross-referenced against the latest NCERT textbook editions + standard reference works.
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