Nilgiri Hills

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Nilgiri Hills is a mountainous region in southern India known for its tea plantations, biodiversity-rich forests, and hill stations like Ooty and Coonoor.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Nilgiri Hills canonical 21
Nilgiri Mountains 1
Nilgiri region 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf biosphere reserve
geographical region
hill station
hill station
hill station
mountain range
averageElevationRange 900–2600 m
climate temperate subtropical highland climate
connectedBy Nilgiri Mountain Railway
contains Coonoor
Kotagiri
Ooty
country India
designation UNESCO World Heritage Site
UNESCO biosphere reserve
elevation 2637 m
hasBiodiversityStatus biodiversity hotspot
hasEcosystem montane evergreen forest
shola-grassland ecosystem
hasProtectedArea Bandipur National Park
Mudumalai National Park
Mukerti National Park
Sathyamangalam Wildlife Sanctuary
Silent Valley National Park
Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary
highestPoint Doddabetta
linked to: Doddabetta Peak
knownFor biodiversity-rich forests
hill stations
tea plantations
languageRegion Kannada
Malayalam
Tamil
locatedIn Karnataka
Kerala
Southern India
linked to: South India

Tamil Nadu
Western Ghats
majorRiverSource Bhavani River
Chaliyar River
Kabini River
Moyar River
mountainRangeType part of Western Ghats system
partOf Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve
Nilgiris district
primaryEconomicActivity tea cultivation
tourism
supportsSpecies Asian elephant
linked to: Asian elephants

Bengal tiger
Nilgiri langur
Nilgiri tahr
lion-tailed macaque

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Referenced by (25)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Western Ghats contains Nilgiri Hills
Tamil Nadu contains Nilgiri Hills
Bhavani River sourceLocation Nilgiri Hills
subject linked to: Bhavani
Ooty locatedIn Nilgiri Hills
Ooty region Nilgiri Hills
Ooty locatedInMountainRange Nilgiri Mountains
linked to: Nilgiri Hills
Nilgiri Mountain Railway locatedIn Nilgiri Hills
Nilgiri tahr distributionRegion Nilgiri Hills
Coonoor locatedIn Nilgiri Hills
Badaga language spokenIn Nilgiri Hills
Badaga language nativeTo Nilgiri Hills
Kota language spokenIn Nilgiri Hills
Kota–Toda subgroup spokenIn Nilgiri Hills
Kota–Toda subgroup region Nilgiri Hills
Kota language spokenIn Nilgiri Hills
subject linked to: Kota–Toda subgroup
Toda language spokenIn Nilgiri Hills
subject linked to: Kota–Toda subgroup
Kota–Toda branch isSpokenIn Nilgiri Hills
Kota–Toda branch hasGeographicProximity Nilgiri tribal region
linked to: Nilgiri Hills
Irula language region Nilgiri Hills
Kurumba languages spokenIn Nilgiri Hills
Nilgiris district alsoKnownAs The Nilgiris
linked to: Nilgiri Hills
Nilgiris district mountainRange Nilgiri Hills
Wellington, Tamil Nadu locatedIn Nilgiri Hills
Betta Kurumba language region Nilgiri region
linked to: Nilgiri Hills