Question

The Dehang Debang Biosphere Reserve is located in which among the following states?
A)Manipur
B)Assam
C)Sikkim
D)Arunachal Pradesh

Answer 1

Hint: A significant fact relating to this Biosphere Reserve is that it has natural vegetation extending from the tropics to mountain tundra in an unbroken sequence. Dihang-Dibang or Dehang-Debang is a biosphere reserve established in 1998.

Complete answer:
It is in Arunachal Pradesh, an Indian state. Within this biosphere reserve, the Mouling National Park and the Dibang Wildlife Sanctuary are entirely or partly located. Three districts are distributed across the reserve: Dibang Valley, Upper Siang, and West Siang. It includes the high mountains of the Mishmi Hills and the Eastern Himalayas. In the reserve, the elevation is up to more than 5,000 metres (16,000 ft) above sea level.

You may group the type of vegetation found in this reserve of the biosphere as 1. Broad-leafed subtropical forests, 2. SubTropical pine forest , 3. Temperate forests with large leaves, 4. Temperate Conifer , 5. Woody subalpine shrub, 6. Alpine Meadow(Tundra Mountain), 7. Brakes for bamboo, 8. grassland. The Dihang-Dibang habitat varies in the river gorges from tropical wet evergreen to subtropical, temperate, alpine and permanent snow.

The reserve is wildlife-rich. Mammals such as Mishmi takin, red goral, musk deer (at least two subspecies), red panda, Asian black bear, occasional tiger, and Gongshan muntjac are uncommon, while birds include the rare Sclater monal and Blyth tragopan.

Hence, the correct answer is option (D)

Note: This mark was provided by UNESCO to protect these sites. The key motive is to encourage the protection of education through management, research and education. The 'sustainable use of natural resources' also contains it. In May 2002, the number of reserves in the biosphere was 408 in 94 countries.