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 Hi everyone, it's the time of the rainy season when we enjoy traveling in the mountains. We enjoy the scenic beauty of the valley. In Maharashtra, we have plenty of beautiful and easy-to-access Ghats that you can enjoy with your family and friends during the rainy season.   But before visiting the scenic Ghats lets, understand what is a Ghat and also let's see the details about one of the Ghats of Maharashtra. What is a Ghat? A Ghat is a word used in Indian Subcontinent. Ghat has multiple meanings depending on which context it is used, like in Hindi 'ghats' means 'river landing stairs' or 'mountains pass'. In India, the term is also used to refer to two converging mountain ranges in South-Eastern India known as the Eastern Ghats and Western Ghats. Word Etymology:   'Ghats' is explained by the Dravidian etynoms such as Kannada "gaati" and "ghatta" (mountain range), Tamil gattu (hill and hills), Tulu gatta (hill or hills) and g...

 The African Plate is also called as Nubian Plate, this is the major tectonic plate that includes the continent of Africa (leaving the easternmost part) and the adjacent oceanic crust to the west and south.  This plate is surrounded by North American Plate and South American Plate to the west, Arabian Plate and Somali Plate to the east, the Eurasian Plate, Aegean Sea Plate, and Anatolian Plate to the north and Antarctic Plate to the south.

 Tectonic plates are the pieces of Earth's crust together called Lithosphere. These plates consist of two principal material types: Oceanic crust or SIMA and Continental crust or SIAL . The major tectonic plates are: a. African Plate [61,300,000 sq km] b. Antarctic Plate [60,900,000 sq km] c. Eurasian Plate [67,800,000 sq km] d. Indo-Australian Plate [58,900,000 sq km] e. Australian Plate [47,000,000 sq km] f. North American Plate [75,900,000 sq km] g. Pacific Plate [103,300,000 sq km] h. South American Plate [43,600,000 sq km]