{"id":242583,"date":"2023-05-16T21:10:45","date_gmt":"2023-05-16T15:40:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=242583"},"modified":"2023-05-16T21:10:45","modified_gmt":"2023-05-16T15:40:45","slug":"palghat-gap-a-break-in-the-western-ghats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/palghat-gap-a-break-in-the-western-ghats\/","title":{"rendered":"Palghat Gap: A break in the Western Ghats"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Source: <\/b>The post is based on the article <\/span>\u201cPalghat Gap: A break in the Western Ghats<\/b>\u201d <\/b>published in <\/span>The Hindu on 16th May 2023<\/b><\/p>\n

What is the News?<\/b><\/h2>\n

The Palghat Gap in the Western Ghats is a <\/span>significant break in the mountain range<\/span>, measuring about 40 km wide.<\/span>
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What is Palghat Gap?<\/b><\/h2>\n

Palghat Gap is often called a significant discontinuity in the Western Ghats. The Gap is about 40 km wide, with the steep Nilgiris and Anamalai hills, both rising above 2,000 meters on either side.<\/span><\/p>\n

Important Gateway:<\/b> The Gap has historically been important as a significant gateway into the State of Kerala. It is a corridor for both roads and railways that connects Coimbatore with Palakkad.<\/span><\/p>\n

River: <\/b>The Bharathappuzha River flows through it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Vegetation:<\/b> In contrast to the tropical rainforests of the Western Ghats, the vegetation in the Palghat Gap is classified as dry evergreen forest.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Geological Features<\/b>: The Gap is a geological shear zone that runs from east to west. <\/span><\/p>\n

Note<\/strong>: Shear zones are weak regions in the earth\u2019s crust \u2014 this is the reason behind the rare tremors felt in the region Coimbatore.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Origin:<\/b> The origin of the Palghat Gap stems from the drift of continental shelves after Australia and Africa broke off from the Gondwana landmass.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Rainfall: <\/b>The Western Ghats in the north of the Palghat Gap receive more rain annually, but the south gets rain more evenly throughout the year.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Biodiversity: <\/b>The Gap marks a divide in the flora and fauna of the region. For example, several species of frogs are found only on one side of the Gap.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2013 Moreover, elephant populations on the Nilgiris side differ in their mitochondrial DNA from elephants in the Anamalai and the Periyar sanctuaries.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source: The post is based on the article \u201cPalghat Gap: A break in the Western Ghats\u201d published in The Hindu on 16th May 2023 What is the News? The Palghat Gap in the Western Ghats is a significant break in the mountain range, measuring about 40 km wide. What is Palghat Gap? Palghat Gap is… Continue reading Palghat Gap: A break in the Western Ghats<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,11209,7965,11211,9],"tags":[10498],"class_list":["post-242583","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-geography-in-news","category-miscellaneous-daily-factly-articles","category-places-in-news","category-public","tag-the-hindu","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":15,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1698343821},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242583","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=242583"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242583\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=242583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=242583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=242583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}