Western Ghats

Western Ghats is a mountain range that runs parallel to the western coast of the India. Also known as Sahyadri, it is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and is one of the 8 "hot-spots" of biological diversity in the world. It ranges along the western edge of the Deccan Plateau, and separates the plateau from a narrow coastal plain, called Konkan, along the Arabian Sea. This range consists of a total of 39 properties including national parks, wildlife sanctuaries and reserve forests were designated as world heritage sites (twenty in Kerala, ten in Karnataka, five in Tamil Nadu and four in Maharastra).

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