Western Ghats
The Western Ghats are a mountain range along the west cost of southern India.
Landscapes
- Nilgiri Hills
- Munnar hill station, Kerala
- Navra Navri Cha Dongar
- Hogenakkal Falls
- Jog Falls
Flora
- Tropical rainforest biome
- Agumbe rainforest, Karnataka
- Montane forest
- Dry teak forest
- Tropical moist forest biome
- Lantana is an invasive genus of plants
- Phallus indusiatus, fungus
- Forest fire, Bandipur, 2019
Fauna
- With a population of 724, the western ghats is home to the largest population of tigers on earth
- The endangered lion-tailed macaque is endemic to the Western Ghats
- Indian elephant population in the Western ghats is nearly 10,000
- Nilgiritragus hylocrius is endemic to the Western ghats and is an endangered animal.
- Indian leopard
- A herd of gaur
- The region has a significant population of the vulnerable mugger crocodile.
- The purple frog (Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis) was discovered in 2003.
- Rhacophorus malabaricus, endemic
- Pipe snakes are found only in South India and Sri Lanka.
- Puntius denisonii is threatened from habitat loss and is now bred in captivity.
- Malabar blue-winged parakeet (Psittacula columboides)
- The Malabar tree nymph is endemic to the Western Ghats.
- Tamil Lacewings are found only in South Asia.
- The Western Ghats have 67 species of damselflies.
- The endemic land snail Indrella ampulla
Culture
- Stone Age carving, Edakkal Caves
- Vidyashankara Temple, Shringeri, Karnataka
- Trimbakeshwar Shiva Temple, Trimbak
- Panchamukhi Anjaneya Temple, Hanumagiri