The Western Ghats covered with dense forests watered by the humid tropical climate, are inhabited by elephants, tigers, apes, and flocks of birds flying over the heart of natural wildlife reserves. This mountain range, straddling and the neighboring state Kerala, Tamil Nadu, can also be considered as a mountain spa for trekking and a cool vacation.
The mountain range of the Western Ghats is older than the Himalayan mountain range. The geomorphic features of western ghats are of supreme importance with unique biophysical and ecological diversity.
The Ghats features highly diverse forest ecosystems that influence the Indian monsoon season pattern.
It plays vital role in the moderation of the tropical climate of the region; it represents one of the best visual of the monsoon weather system in the planet. The Western Ghats also has an exceptionally high volume of biological diversity and endemism.
The Western Ghats is recognized as one among the world’s eight “hottest hotspots” of biological diversity. The forests of these mountain range ha some of the best representatives of non-equatorial tropical evergreen forests anywhere in the world and is home to at least 325 species of globally threatened flora and fauna, bird, amphibian, reptile and fish species.
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| Hidlumane falls is situated in a small valley at the North-eastern side of Kodachadri |
The Ghats features highly diverse forest ecosystems that influence the Indian monsoon season pattern.
It plays vital role in the moderation of the tropical climate of the region; it represents one of the best visual of the monsoon weather system in the planet. The Western Ghats also has an exceptionally high volume of biological diversity and endemism.
The Western Ghats is recognized as one among the world’s eight “hottest hotspots” of biological diversity. The forests of these mountain range ha some of the best representatives of non-equatorial tropical evergreen forests anywhere in the world and is home to at least 325 species of globally threatened flora and fauna, bird, amphibian, reptile and fish species.
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| Silent Valley |
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