The Western Ghats is a mountain range along the western side of India. It runs north to south along the western edge of the Deccan Plateau, and separates the plateau from a narrow coastal plain along the Arabian Sea. The Western Ghats block rainfall to the Deccan Plateau. The range starts near the border of Gujarat and Maharashtra, south of the Tapti river, and runs approximately 1600 km through the states of Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala ending at Kanyakumari, at the southern tip of India.
These hills cover 160,000 km² and form the catchment area for complex riverine drainage systems that drain almost 40% of India. The average elevation is around 1,200 metres (3,900 ft). The area is one of the world’s ten “Hottest biodiversity hotspots” and has over 5000 species of flowering plants, 139 mammal species, 508 bird species and 179 amphibian species, many undiscovered species lives in the Western Ghats. At least 325 globally threatened species occur in the Western Ghats. ( Source : wiki )
So here are some interesting places that you should cover in the Western Ghats of Karnataka
- Kurinjal
- Iruppu falls
- Magod falls
- Mullaina giri
- Bababudan giri
- BeNNe hoLe falls
- Kumara parvata
- Hebbe falls
- Vibhooti falls
- Mandagadde
- Alekan falls
- Jog falls
- Tadiandamol
- Banavasi
- Kodachaadri
- Abbey falls
- Burude falls
- Edaku meri (greenroute)
- Unchalli
- Sirimane falls
- Waate HaLLa Falls
- BaLe kallu gudda
- Yana
- Shivagange falls
- Kavala caves
- Kanoor
- Satoddi falls
- Narasimha parvata
- Sykes point
- Sahasra linga
- Kemman Gundi
- Kudremukha
- DonDole falls
Happy Trekking,
WorthvieW
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