Garo-Khasi range

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The Garo-Khasi range is a hill range in the Indian state of Meghalaya, known for its lush forests, high rainfall, and the traditional homelands of the Garo and Khasi indigenous communities.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf hill range ⓘ
physiographic region ⓘ
borders Assam ⓘ
Bangladesh ⓘ
climate humid subtropical climate ⓘ
contains Cherrapunji region ⓘ
linked to: Cherrapunji

Mawsynram region ⓘ
linked to: Mawsynram
country India ⓘ
culturalRegionFor Garo Hills Autonomous District Council ⓘ
Khasi Hills Autonomous District Council ⓘ
drainedBy rivers flowing to Brahmaputra basin ⓘ
rivers flowing to Meghna basin ⓘ
ecoregion Meghalaya subtropical forests ⓘ
extendsFrom Garo Hills ⓘ
extendsTo Khasi Hills ⓘ
geologicalComposition gneiss ⓘ
granite ⓘ
schist ⓘ
geologicalOrigin part of the Indian Shield ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity forest-based livelihoods ⓘ
horticulture ⓘ
rain-fed agriculture ⓘ
hasSubregion Garo Hills ⓘ
Jaintia Hills ⓘ
Khasi Hills ⓘ
highestArea Shillong Plateau ⓘ
inhabitedBy Garo people ⓘ
Khasi people ⓘ
isHomelandOf Garo people ⓘ
Khasi people ⓘ
knownFor biodiversity ⓘ
high rainfall ⓘ
lush forests ⓘ
scenic landscapes ⓘ
very high annual rainfall in Cherrapunji and Mawsynram ⓘ
languageRegionFor Garo language ⓘ
Khasi language ⓘ
locatedIn Meghalaya ⓘ
Northeast India ⓘ
locatedNear Bangladesh border ⓘ
partOf Meghalaya Plateau ⓘ
linked to: Shillong Plateau

Shillong Plateau ⓘ
receives heavy monsoon rainfall ⓘ
separatedFrom Assam plains ⓘ
linked to: Brahmaputra Valley
supports traditional shifting cultivation in some areas ⓘ
vegetationType subtropical broadleaf forest ⓘ
tropical evergreen forest ⓘ

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

Garo Hills → partOf → Garo-Khasi range ⓘ
Jaflong → overlooks → Meghalaya hills ⓘ
linked to: Garo-Khasi range
Jaflong → receivesWaterFrom → Meghalaya hills ⓘ
linked to: Garo-Khasi range
Kopili River → sourceRegion → Meghalaya hills ⓘ
linked to: Garo-Khasi range
Cliffs of India → hasPart → Khasi Hills escarpment cliffs ⓘ
linked to: Garo-Khasi range