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Ghats

American  
[gawts, gots] / gɔts, gɒts /

noun

(used with a singular verb)
  1. Eastern Ghats.

  2. Western Ghats.


Ghats British  
/ ɡɔːts /

plural noun

  1. See Eastern Ghats Western Ghats

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A first-of-its-kind study of dragonfly and damselfly species in India's Western Ghats - one of the world's most important biodiversity hotspots - has revealed findings that are both fascinating and worrying.

From BBC ● May 2, 2026

Four years older than me, he was dispatched to an American boarding school in Kodaikanal, a “hill station” scattered across the crevices of the Palani Hills, the eastern stretch of the Western Ghats mountain range.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 29, 2025

The Western Ghats, lush southern highlands stretching through Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, and Kerala, remain a key stronghold with nearly 12,00 elephants.

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2025

They are indigenous to the Southern Western Ghats in Tamil Nadu, India, where they can be found on the rocks, in the trees and even on the sides of buildings.

From Salon ● Apr. 2, 2024

The Sahyadri, or Western Ghats, also throw off to the eastward 187 the two principal rivers of the Madras Presidency, the Godavari and the Kistna.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" by Various

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