IDENTIFY THE ERROR AND REWRITE THE CORRECT SENTENCE: 11. Sahyadris is also known as Eastern Ghats. 12. Both Eastern and Western Ghats meet at the Kaimur hills. 13. India is the third largest country in the world. 14. The Great Indian Desert is also known as the Sahara Desert. 15. Chennai is the National Capital of India.
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The Western Ghats, also known as Sahyadri (Benevolent Mountains), is a mountain range that covers an area of 140,000 square kilometres (54,000 sq mi) in a stretch of 1,600 kilometres (990 mi) parallel to the western coast of the Indian peninsula, traversing the states of Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, Goa, Maharashtra and Gujarat.[1] It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and is one of the eight hot-spots of biological diversity in the world.[2][3] It is sometimes called the Great Escarpment of India.[4] It contains a large proportion of the country's flora and fauna, many of which are only found in India and nowhere else in the world.[5] According to UNESCO, the Western Ghats are older than the Himalayas. They influence Indian monsoon weather patterns by intercepting the rain-laden monsoon winds that sweep in from the south-west during late summer.[1] The range runs north to south along the western edge of the Deccan Plateau, and separates the plateau from a narrow coastal plain, called Konkan, along the Arabian Sea. A total of thirty-nine areas in the Western Ghats, including national parks, wildlife sanctuaries and reserve forests, were designated as world heritage sites in 2012 – twenty in Kerala, ten in Karnataka, six in Tamil Nadu and four in Maharashtra.[6][7]
Western Ghats
Western Ghats Gobi.jpg
The Western Ghats as seen from Gobichettipalayam, Tamil Nadu
Highest point
Peak
Anamudi, Kerala, Eravikulam National Park
Elevation
2,695 m (8,842 ft)
Coordinates
10°10′N 77°04′E
Dimensions
Length
1,600 km (990 mi) N–S
Width
100 km (62 mi) E–W
Area
160,000 km2 (62,000 sq mi)
Geography
Satellite Picture of the Western Ghats & Indian West Coast.png
The Western Ghats lie roughly parallel to the west coast of India.
Country
India
States
List
Karnataka
Maharashtra
Goa
Gujarat
Kerala
Tamil Nadu
Regions
Western India and Southern India
Settlements
List
Surat
Mumbai
Pune
Belgaum
Sirsi
Shivamogga
Chikkamagalur
Mangalore
Madikeri
Kozhikode
Erode
Coimbatore
Palakkad
Pollachi
Kochi
Kottayam
Tenkasi
Tirunelveli
Thiruvananthapuram
Biome
Tropical rainforest