1. The Eastern Himalayas Hot Spot About the region:

♤ The Eastern Himalayas is the region encompassing Bhutan, northeastern India, and southern, central, and

eastern Nepal. The region is geologically young and shows high altitudinal variation.

♤ The abrupt rise of the Himalayan Mountains from less than 500 meters to more than 8,000 meters results in a diversity of ecosystems that range from alluvial grasslands and subtropical broad leaf forests along the foothills to temperate broad leaf forests in the mid hills, mixed conifer and conifer forests in the higher hills, and alpine meadows above the tree line.