Ghats
Americanplural noun
Example Sentences
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When India separated from the African continent, fractures along its western edge triggered the formation of the mountain range now called the Western Ghats.
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
Habitat, etc.—Growing, together with S. cinerea and Corvospongilla lapidosa, on the stone sides of an artificial conduit in the R. Godaveri at Nasik on the eastern side of the Western Ghats in the Bombay Presidency.
From Freshwater Sponges, Hydroids & Polyzoa by Annandale, Nelson
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