Western Ghats is known as:

Sahyadri in northern Maharashtra

Sahya Parvatam in Kerala.

In the south, the Western Ghats is called:

Nilagiri Malai in Tamil Nadu

Western Ghats is more Continuous & higher than Eastern Ghats
Western Ghats is the source of large peninsular rivers like:

Godavari and Krishna

The highest peak in south India is located in the Western Ghats is

Anamudi

The height of Anamudi is:

2695m

The hill stations in the Western Ghats are:

Matheran- Maharashtra

Lonavala-Khandala- Maharashtra

Mahabaleshwar- Maharashtra

Panchgani- Maharashtra

Amboli Ghat- Maharashtra

Kudremukh- Karnataka

Kodagu- Karnataka

Munnar- Kerala

Ponmudi- Kerala

The famous hill station ‘Kodaikanal’, a part of Western Ghats is on:

Palni Hill

‘Ooty’ (Udagamandalam or Ootacamund) is located on:

Nilgiri hills

Nilgiri is also known as:

Blue Mountain

Ooty is Known as:

‘Queen of Nilgiri’

Important Passes of Western Ghats

Thal Ghat: Links Nasik to Mumbai.
Bhor Ghat: Links Mumbai to Pune.
Pal Ghat: Connects Palakkad to Coimbatore.
The ‘Gersoppa’ or ‘Jog’ waterfall in the Western Ghats is located on the river:

Sharavati

India’s highest waterfall:

Jog falls

UNESCO declared the Western Ghats as a World Heritage Site in:

2012

It is the home of many endangered plants and animals.
Number or National Park in the Western Ghats:

Western Ghats is recognised by UNESCO as one of the world’s eight most important biodiversity hotspots

Rank	Name	Elevation	Location	State
1	Anamudi	2,695 m	Eravikulam National Park	Kerala
2	Meesapulimala	2,640 m	Idukki	Kerala
3	Doddabetta	2,637 m	Nilgiris	Tamil Nadu

Other important peaks in Western Ghats are:

Kalasubai (1,646 m)

Igatpuri, Salher (1,567 m)

Mahabaleshwar (1,438 m)

Harishchandragarh (1,424 m)

Vavul Mala (2,339 m)

Kudremukh (1,892 m)

Pashpagiri (1,714 m)

Doda Betta (2,637 m)

Makurti (2,554 m)

Palakkad Gap

The southern part of the Western Ghats is separated from the main Sahyadri range by:

Pal ghat Gap [Palakkad Gap]

The width of Palakkad Gap:

40 Km

Kerala and Tamil Nadu were largely connected with road and railway line through this gap
It is through this gap that moist-bearing clouds of the south-west monsoon can penetrate some distance inland, bringing rain to Mysore region.

Anamudi

Anamudi (2,695 m) is the highest peak in the whole of southern India.
Anamudi is the highest peak in:

Western Ghats

Kerala

Indian subcontinent

Peninsular India

South India

Height peak in India Closest to equator:

Anamudi

It is Situated in:

Munnar Panchayat of Devikulam Taluk of

Idukki District of Kerala State.

It is located inside Eravikulam National Park.
Three ranges radiate in different directions from Anai Mudi. These ranges are:

Anaimalai to the north,

Palani to the north-east

Cardamom Hills or the Ealaimalai to the south.

Madhav Gadgil Committee Report on the Western Ghats

Gadgil Commission, an environmental research commission is named after its chairman Madhav Gadgil.
The commission is formally known as Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel (WGEEP).
The commission submitted the report to the Government of India on 31 August 2011.

Kasturirangan committee on the Western Ghats

As said earlier, the Kasturirangan committee was constituted to examine the WGEEP report.
The committee is often called HLWG – it denotes the 10 member high-level working group (HLWG).
It is headed by Kasturirangan.

Oommen V. Oommen Committee on the Western Ghats

The Oommen V. Oommen Committee appointed by the Kerala Government to review the Kasturirangan panel report.
The three member committee consisit of Oommen V. Oommen as convener and V.N. Rajasekharan Pillai and P.C. Cyria