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The Western Ghats, also known as the Sahyadri, is a mountain range that stretches 1,600 km (990 mi) along the western coast of the Indian peninsula. Covering an area of 160,000 km 2 (62,000 sq mi), it traverses the states of Gujarat , Maharashtra , Goa , Karnataka , Kerala , and Tamil Nadu .
Anamudi, on the right, is the highest peak of the Western Ghats at 2,695 m (8,842 ft) Nilgiris, a part of Western Ghats at Masinangudi, Tamil Nadu Nilambur Mukurthi Peak Indian top cool peak Kerala, Nilagiri Tamil Nadu Vagamon Hills with shola vegetation Kodachadri Hills Chembra Peak covered with mist Banasura Hill with cloud covered Illikkal Kallu Malleswaran in a distant vision Varayadumotta ...
States Peak Range/Region Height Coordinates Source In m In ft; Sikkim: Kangchenjunga: Eastern Himalayas: 8,586 28,169 Kangchenjunga lies on the India–Nepal border.It is the highest mountain peak located in India and the third highest mountain peak in the world after Mount Everest and K2.
Malsej Range Ahmednagar Peak between Ghanchakkar and Katrabai top 4 Ghanchakkar: 1,509 Malsej Range Ahmednagar 4th highest mountain of Maharashtra 5: Dhodap: 1472: Satmala Range: Nasik: 2nd highest peak in Nashik. 6: Taramati: 1,431: Malshej Range: Ahmednagar: This is one of two peaks on Harishchandragad. 7: Harishchandragad: 1,424: Sahyadri ...
Malenadu covers the western and eastern slopes of the Western Ghats mountain range and is roughly 100 kilometers in width. It includes the districts of Uttara Kannada , Chikkamagaluru , Udupi , Belagavi , Dakshina Kannada , Hassan , Kodagu , Shivamogga .
Satara Mountains. Forests comprising only 17% of the state area cover the eastern region and the Sahyadri Range, while open scrub jungle dots the plateaux. If Maharashtra represented the Maha Kantara in the historic past, today little of it is left; vast sections have been denuded and stripped of the vegetal cover.
Palghar can be separated into three geographical regions. [3] The Eastern part of the Western Ghats, or Sahyadri mountains, is called jangalapatti. This mainly encompasses the Jawhar, Mokhada, and Vikramgad talukas. The western part of the mountains district is called bandarpatti which includes Vasai, Palghar, Dahanu. The third section is ...
Bramhagiri hills in Sahyadri mountain range (Western Ghats) Wainganga River near Bhandara district Maharashtra with a total area of 307,713 km 2 (118,809 sq mi), is the third-largest state by area in terms of land area and constitutes 9.36% of India's total geographical area.