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Thuraiyur–Pachamalai Ghat Road contains 14 hairpin bends and is situated in Tiruchirapalli district. Valparai Ghat Road – This road in Coimbatore district begins at Monkey Falls and has 40 hairpin bends. Dhimbam Ghat Road – A 14-kilometre (8.7 mi) road with 27 hairpin bends, located along the Western Ghats and close to the Eastern Ghats.
It lies within the Western Ghats that run parallel to the western coast of the Indian peninsula, located entirely in India. The highway has nine hairpin bends. The highway has nine hairpin bends. Churam is about 14 kilometers in length, starting from Adivaram to Lakkidi View Point.
The road is narrow with 48 hairpin bends below Manjoor. At Geddai, near the bottom of the ghat at 1,885 feet (575 m) there are two hydroelectric power stations [1] . From Manjoor, at the top of the ghat, the distance is equidistant to either Ooty or Coonoor via other district roads.
Vattapara Hairpin Turn [1] also known as (Vattapara accident zone) [2] [3] [4] is a road and place along the Indian National Highway 66 near Valanchery, [5] Malappuram District, [6] Kerala, India, that is known for a high number of accidents. [7] Over a five-year period there were 300 accidents, 200 injuries, and 30 deaths.
The highway passes through dense forests of Western ghats of India. The NH-766 passes through 19.7 km Bandipur National Park and Wayanad wild life sanctuary. [1] The section of the road from Lakkidi in Wayanad to Adivaram (Thamarassery) called as Thamarassery Churam (A hill highway with nine hairpin bends) offers a scenic drive.
Agumbe hosts India's first automatic weather station, founded by Romulus Whitaker b. 1943, New York, NY. [17] Agumbe lies in a rainforest region with a tropical climate , warm and humid. Under the Köppen system of climate classification Agumbe is an 'Am' climate, that is, a tropical monsoon climate . [ 18 ]
From Kunzum pass, the highway descends through steep hairpin bends to Batal village on the left bank of the Chandra River. Chandra Taal is a pristine lake on the Chandra River popular with tourists and high-altitude trekkers. The road to Chandra Taal branches off from NH 505 about 2.9 kilometres (1.8 mi) from Batal and 8 km (5.0 mi) from Kunzum ...
Sirumalai is a dense forest region with a moderate climate throughout the year. With an altitude of 1600 metres above sea level, it contains diversified flora and fauna. The hill has 18 hairpin bends. On the 18th bend are a church and a viewpoint of Dindigul city and the Dindigul Rock Fort. The hill contains a small waterfall as well.