Western Ghats

The Western Ghats are a mountain range along the west cost of southern India.

Landscapes

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  Agasthiyamalai Range
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  Nilgiri Hills
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  Munnar hill station, Kerala
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  Navra Navri Cha Dongar
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  Hogenakkal Falls
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  Jog Falls

Flora

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  Tropical rainforest biome
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  Agumbe rainforest, Karnataka
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  Montane forest
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  Dry teak forest
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  Tropical moist forest biome
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  Bentinckia condapanna
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  Strobilanthes kunthianus
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  Terminalia paniculata
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  Lantana is an invasive genus of plants
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  Phallus indusiatus, fungus
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  Forest fire, Bandipur, 2019

Fauna

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  With a population of 724, the western ghats is home to the largest population of tigers on earth
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  The endangered lion-tailed macaque is endemic to the Western Ghats
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  Indian elephant population in the Western ghats is nearly 10,000
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  Trachypithecus johnii
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  Nilgiritragus hylocrius is endemic to the Western ghats and is an endangered animal.
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  Indian leopard
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  A herd of gaur
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  The region has a significant population of the vulnerable mugger crocodile.
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  The purple frog (Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis) was discovered in 2003.
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  Rhacophorus malabaricus, endemic
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  Pipe snakes are found only in South India and Sri Lanka.
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  Puntius denisonii is threatened from habitat loss and is now bred in captivity.
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  Pandion haliaetus
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  Columba elphinstonii
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  Buceros bicornis
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  Psilopogon malabaricus
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  Malabar blue-winged parakeet (Psittacula columboides)
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  Anthus nilghiriensis
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  Dendrocitta leucogastra
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  Indian peacock
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  The Malabar tree nymph is endemic to the Western Ghats.
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  Tamil Lacewings are found only in South Asia.
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  The Western Ghats have 67 species of damselflies.
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  The endemic land snail Indrella ampulla

Culture

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  Stone Age carving, Edakkal Caves
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  Vidyashankara Temple, Shringeri, Karnataka
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  Trimbakeshwar Shiva Temple, Trimbak
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  Panchamukhi Anjaneya Temple, Hanumagiri
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  Nilgiri Mountain Railway