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A map of the hills of India

The Ghats are two mountain ranges at the eastern and western edges of the Deccan Plateau in southern India. The Ghats are separated from the coasts of the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal by fairly level coastal land.

The Eastern Ghats are broken into several hill masses that are unlike each other and have a northeast-southwest trend along the Bay of Bengal. The Western Ghats are steep on the seaward side but gently sloping on the side of the Deccan plateau.

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    Munshi Ghat

  • Dashashwamedha ghat on the Ganga, Varanasi

    Dashashwamedh Ghat on the Ganges river, in Varanasi.

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    Western Ghats

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    A late 18th-century painting of Pune with the Shmashana ghat at the confluence of Mula and Mutha rivers in the foreground

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