Western Ghats

World Heritage

India

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The Western Ghats are older than the Himalayas and their geomorphic features are extremely important, with unique biophysical and ecological processes. The site's alpine forest ecosystems influence the Indian monsoon climate pattern. The site regulates the region's tropical climate and is one of the best examples of a monsoon system on Earth. It also has extremely high biodiversity and endemism, and is recognized as one of the world's eight "hottest hotspots" for biodiversity. The site's forests include some of the best representatives of non-equatorial tropical evergreen forests and are home to at least 325 globally threatened species of plants, animals, birds, amphibians, reptiles and fish.

# Biophysical Processes

The peak of Anamudi in Kerala is the highest peak in the Western Ghats, as well as the highest peak ...

Annual rainfall along the Western Ghat region

Banasura Hill, Wayanad, Kerala

Sholas, part of the rainforests

View from Nelliampathi near Palakkad in Kerala

The Western Ghats are a UNESCO heritage site

A panoramic view of Western Ghats mountain ranges from Mangalam Dam Reservoir, Kerala

Athirappilly Falls in Kerala, also known as The Niagara of India

Topography, Western Ghats (southern part)

Munnar hillstation on Western Ghats is often called The Kashmir of South India

Chorla Ghat on the Goa-Karnataka border, during late monsoon

Dense rainforests cover the Western Ghats

A panoramic view of Western Ghats mountain ranges from Mangalam Dam Reservoir, Kerala

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Information extracted from Wikidata

contains	Thiruvananthapuram
contains	Marshall Islands
geoshape	WesternGhats-Mountains
office held by head of the organization	http://g.co/kg/m/01975f
part of	Eastern and Western Ghâts
Commons category	Western Ghats
has part	Yateras
has part	Pushpagiri Wildlife Sanctuary
has part	Ranni Forest Division
has part	Heiban
has part	Balahalli Reserved Forest
has part	Karian Shola National Park
has part	Peppara Wildlife Sanctuary
has part	Namche Bazaar
has part	Stockholm
has part	Kudremukh
has part	Palode Range Reserved Forest
has part	Radhanagari Wildlife Sanctuary
has part	The Last Supper
has part	Agumbe Reserved Forest
coordinate location	Point(77.066666666 10.166666666)
described by source	Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia
native label	पश्चिमी घाट
length	1600
elevation above sea level	2695
area	160000
area	795315
width	100
time period	Cenozoic
World Heritage criteria	World Heritage selection criterion (x)
contains	Mount Clunie Flora Reserve
contains	Val-de-Marne
contains	Erode
contains	Kolhapur
contains	Siege of Budapest
country	India
image	http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Naikolli%20Mala%20near%20Anamudi.jpg
located in the administrative territorial entity	Goa
located in the administrative territorial entity	Kerala
located in the administrative territorial entity	Mount Behistun
made from material	Laterite
made from material	basalt
made from material	limestone
executive body	Western Ghats
IPA transcription	2345998
IPA transcription	1988116

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language of work or name	Marathi
official website	https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1342/
language of work or name	English
described by source	Paulys Realenzyklopädie der klassischen Altertumswissenschaft
statement is subject of	Bettigo (Pauly-Wissowa)
start time	2012-01-01T00:00:00Z
official name	Western Ghats
official name	Ghats occidentales
official name	Ghâts occidentaux
official name	西ガーツ山脈
official name	West-Ghats
volume as quantity	World Heritage selection criterion (x)