biodiversity hotspot
biodiversity hotspot · biodiversity hotspots
гаряча точка біорізноманіття
очаг биоразнообразия
Biodiversitäts-Hotspot, Brennpunkt der Biodiversität
A place with a significant level of biodiversity, particularly if the flora and fauna…A place with a significant level of biodiversity, particularly if the flora and fauna are threatened with loss of their habitat.
UK/ˌbaɪə(ʊ)daɪˌvɜːsɪti ˈhɒtˌspɒt/US/ˌbaɪoʊdəˌvɚsəti ˈhɑtˌspɑt/
Meaning
1 sensesA place with a significant level of biodiversity, particularly if the flora and fauna are threatened with loss of their habitat.
Biodiversitäts-Hotspot, Brennpunkt der Biodiversität
оча́г биоразнообразияočág bioraznoobrazija
гаря́ча то́чка біорізноманіттяharjáča tóčka bioriznomanittja
Translations
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By meaning 1
place with a significant level of biodiversity:
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By meaning 1
place with a significant level of biodiversity:
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By meaning 1
place with a significant level of biodiversity:
Origin
From biodiversity + hotspot. The word hotspot to describe such regions appears to have beeFrom biodiversity + hotspot. The word hotspot to describe such regions appears to have been first used by the British environmentalist Norman Myers (1934–2019) in a 1988 article in The Environmentalist.
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Forms
plural: biodiversity hotspots| Singular | biodiversity hotspot |
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Synonyms
2 synonymshot spothotspot