Question

Which one of the following reserves is not included in the world network of biosphere reserves?
A. Gulf of Mannar
B. Cold Desert
C. Nilgiris
D. Sundarban

Answer 1

Hint: Biosphere reserves comprise terrestrial, marine, and coastal ecosystems. Every site encourages explanations merging the conservation of biodiversity with its maintainable use.

Complete answer:Biosphere reserves are ‘learning places for maintainable growth’. They are sites for challenging interdisciplinary tactics to understand and handling variations and exchanges between social and ecological systems, as well as conflict inhibition and administration of biodiversity. They are places that offer local resolutions to global trials. The Cold Desert, also identified as the Katpana Desert or Biama Nakpo, is a high-altitude desert situated near Skardu, northern Gilgit-Baltistan. The desert comprises areas of large sand dunes that are occasionally obscured in snow throughout winter. The Katpana Desert is one of the highest deserts in the biosphere and is located at an elevation of 2,226 meters (7,303 feet) above sea level. The desert theoretically spreads from the Khaplu Valley to Nubra in Ladakh, but the major desert expanse is found in Skardu and Shigar Valley. The segment most visited is situated near Skardu Airport. Temperatures vary from an extreme of $27^\circ {\text{C}}$ ($81^\circ {\text{F}}$) to a lowest (in October) $8^\circ {\text{C}}$ ($46^\circ {\text{F}}$), which can drop more to below $ - 17^\circ {\text{C}}$ ($1^\circ {\text{F}}$) in December and January. The temperature, every now and then, drops as low as $ - 25^\circ {\text{C}}$ ($ - 13^\circ {\text{F}}$).

Thus, option (B) is correct.

Note:The national governments chose the sites for biosphere reserves and they persist under the autonomous jurisdiction of the states where they are positioned. Biosphere Reserves are elected under the intergovernmental MAB Programme by the Director-General of UNESCO succeeding the verdicts of the MAB International Coordinating Council (MAB ICC). Their standing is internationally known.