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The name Western Ghats derives from the word ghat and the cardinal direction in which it is located with respect to the Indian mainland. Ghat, a term used in the Indian subcontinent, depending on the context, could either refer to a range of stepped hills such as the Eastern Ghats and Western Ghats, or a series of steps leading down to a body of water or wharf.
The Karian Shola National Park is located at the southern end of the Western Ghats, in the Anaimalai Hills. [3] The geographical coordinates of the park are latitude 10°13.2' to 10°33.3´N, and longitude 76°49.3' to 77°21.4' E. [ 4 ]
The region is composed of numerous spurs and projections from the Western Ghats, which narrows the coastal region to almost 5 km (3.1 mi) in certain areas. These spurs rise to about 600 m (2,000 ft) and give rise to numerous streams, which form various waterfalls across the region.
The Western Ghats, which form most of eastern Goa, have been internationally recognised as one of the biodiversity hotspots of the world. In the February 1999 issue of National Geographic Magazine , Goa was compared with the Amazon and the Congo basins for its rich tropical biodiversity.
Contiguous with the proposed Karimpuzha National Park (225 km 2 (87 sq mi)) to the north and Mukurthi National Park (78.46 km 2) to the north-east, it is the core of the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve (1,455.4 km 2), and is part of the Nilgiri Sub-Cluster (6,000 + km 2), Western Ghats World Heritage Site, recognised by UNESCO in 2007. [3]
The ancient Sapta Konkan was a larger geographical area that extended from Gujarat to Kerala and included the whole region of coastal Maharashtra and coastal Karnataka Tulunad. [1] However, this segment overlaps the Konkan, Tulunad coast and Malabar coast continuum; and usually corresponds to the southernmost and northernmost stretches of these ...
The southern Western Ghats have high altitude rain forests called the South Western Ghats montane rain forests. The Western Ghats are a biodiversity hotspot. [10] Scrub lands, including the Deccan thorn scrub forests, are common in the interior Deccan plateau. Some of India's famous protected areas are found in South India.
Bhimgad Wildlife Sanctuary is a protected area in the Western Ghats, in Khanapur Taluk of Belgavi District near Jamboti Village, Karnataka state, India.This 19,042.58 ha (73.5238 sq mi) of Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests forest area was long awaiting to be a wild life sanctuary and finally declared in December 2011.