Western Ghats

World Heritage

India

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The Western Ghats are older than the Himalayas and their geomorphic features are extremely important, with unique biophysical and ecological processes. The site's alpine forest ecosystems influence the Indian monsoon climate pattern. The site regulates the region's tropical climate and is one of the best examples of a monsoon system on Earth. It also has extremely high biodiversity and endemism, and is recognized as one of the world's eight "hottest hotspots" for biodiversity. The site's forests include some of the best representatives of non-equatorial tropical evergreen forests and are home to at least 325 globally threatened species of plants, animals, birds, amphibians, reptiles and fish.

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