| | WWF - Conservation of the Central Hill Landscape |
 | | The hill ranges of the Western Ghats, covering a length of 1,600 km from the river Tapti in the North to Kanyakumari in the South, stands as a great barrier between the West coast of India and the rest of the peninsula. |
 | | The Northern portion of the region from river Tapti to Goa is identified as the Northwestern Ghats, the Central Western Ghats runs from Goa to the Nilgiri hill ranges and the Southwestern Ghats begin from South of Palghat gap and end at the Southern tip of India. |
 | | The important rivers providing water to the different cities are the Periyar for Ernakulam, the Chalakkudy for Trichur, the Neyyar and Karamana for Thiruvananthapuram, the Bharatpuzha for Palakkad, and Meenachil and Muvattupuzha for Kottayam. |
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