Identification, prioritization, and management of biodiversity hot specks: a case study of Western Ghats of Maharashtra, India The conservation action plan for the Western Ghats has become a controversial issue based on the findings in the report submitted by the Western Ghats ... S Trivedi,E Bha...
The mighty Arabian Sea makes up the west coast of Maharashtra. Running parallel to this coast are the Sahyadri Hills, also known as the Western Ghats, which rise upto the height of 1,200 meters (4,000 feet). To the east of the ghats lies the Deccan Plateau. On the other hand, the...
SureshTamilJayabalakrishnanTamilR.TamilAnnales Geophysicae: Atmospheres, hydrospheres and space sciencesUdayasoorian, C., Jayabalakrishnan, R.M., Suguna, A.R., Gogoi, M.M., Babu, S.S., 2014. Aerosol black carbon characteristics over a high-altitude Western Ghats location in Southern India. ...
Pune or Punya Nagari, formerly called Poona, stands at the 8th position in the counting of the largest metropolis in India. It is the second largest city in Maharashtra, after Mumbai, and the largest in the Western Ghats. Spread over 1109.69 square kilometers, Pune is situated at 560 meters...
Karnataka is located in the southwest region of India. Spread over an area of 191,791 square km, the state borders the western coast of the Indian subcontinent. Karnataka is situated in the Deccan Plateau, which witnesses the convergence of the Western Ghats and the Eastern Ghats into the Nil...
In India, tropical rain forests are generally found in (1) Western Ghats. (2) Northeastern Himalayas. (3) Gangetic Plains in India. (4) both (1) & (2). Secondary Succession takes place on/in : (1) Degraded forest (2) Newly created pond (3) Newly coole...
Location of field sampling plots in biodiversity hotspots in India a) Himalaya, b) Western Ghats, c) Indo-Burma.Vishwas Sudhir ChitaleMukund Dev BeheraPartha Sarthi Roy
Landslides are a common geomorphic hazard in most regions of the Western Ghats in India. A number of environmental, geotechnical, geological and geomorphological factors contribute to the occurrence of landslides in this region but rainfall often is the most common and important triggering factor. The...
Sinhagad is a hill station on a mountaintop in the Western Ghats, located about 40 km southwest of Pune. The following ionic components were determined: H +, NH4+, Ca2+, Mg2+, K+, Na+, SO42- NO32-, Cl- and F -. The pH analyses showed that rainwater in both the seasons were ...
Western GhatsNo abstract is available for this item.doi:10.1111/1467-9663.00163Oedzge AtzemaFaculty of Geographical Sciences, Utrecht University, The NetherlandsJohn Wiley & Sons, LtdTijdschrift Voor Economische En Sociale GeografieAtzema, O. (2001), Location and local n...