(i) Western Ghats also known as Sahyadri (Benevolent Mountains is a mountain range that runs parallel to the western coast of the Indian peninsula.
(ii) The range runs north to south along the western : edge of the Deccan Plateau, and separates the plateau from a narrow coastal plain, called West coastal plan, along the Arabian Sea.
(iii) The range starts near the border of Gujarat and Maharashtra, south of the Tapi river, and runs approximately 1,600 km through the states of Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu ending near Kanyakumari, at the southern tip of India.
(iv) The altitude of the western Ghats increases towards the south.
