Meghamalai
Sign in to saveMeghamalai (Tamil: மேகமலை), commonly known as the High Wavy Mountains, is a mountain range located in the Western Ghats in the Theni district near Kumily, Tamil Nadu. It is dotted with cardamom plantations and tea plantations. The mountain range is 1,500 metres above sea level, and it is rich in flora and fauna. The area, now mostly planted with tea plants, includes cloudlands, high wavys, venniar, and the manalar estates belonging to the Woodbriar Group. Access is largely restricted and includes largely untouched remnants of evergreen forest.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Meghamalai is referenced by 54 other articles, and connects out to Periyar National Park, tea and Vaigai River.
The entry is geolocated on the map, across 2 mapped points.
It sits within the topics Mountains of Tamil Nadu, South Western Ghats moist deciduous forests and South Western Ghats montane rain forests.
Its subject is documented across 4 Wikipedia language editions.
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14 sectionsContents
- Megamalai Wildlife Sanctuary
- Megamalai Tiger Reserve
- Flora
- Fauna
- Wildlife of Meghamalai Tiger Reserve
- Tourist attractions
- Tea estates and dams
- Vellimalai
- Falls
- Encroachment threat
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Meghamalai (Tamil: மேகமலை), commonly known as the High Wavy Mountains, is a mountain range located in the Western Ghats in the Theni district near Kumily, Tamil Nadu. It is dotted with cardamom plantations and tea plantations. The mountain range is 1,500 metres above sea level, and it is rich in flora and fauna. The area, now mostly planted with tea plants, includes cloudlands, high wavys, venniar, and the manalar estates belonging to the Woodbriar Group. Access is largely restricted and includes largely untouched remnants of evergreen forest.
==Megamalai Wildlife Sanctuary== For a long time, there has been a pending proposal with the Tamil Nadu Forest Department to establish the Megamalai Wildlife Sanctuary on 600 km2 of forest in the division. The suggested priority tasks in the sanctuary include: the control of poaching, the use of pesticides for the elimination of ganja (Cannabis sativa) and the cultivation as well as scientific management of watersheds. The Megamalai Wildlife Sanctuary can be an excellent buffer to the Periyar Tiger Reserve and Grizzled Squirrel Wildlife Sanctuary which can immensely strengthen the conservation in the southern Western Ghats – the range of hills south of the Palakkad Gap.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Meghamalai” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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