Talk:Western Ghats

Fails to give a quick overview of the extent of the range

You have to concentrate quite hard on the text to understand the extent of the range. Better lead diagram needed. Соловей поет (talk) 10:20, 30 May 2021 (UTC)

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leeches aren't insects

i'm not sure what the best category for leeches is, but they are under insects and that is definitely wrong. 73.96.133.210 (talk) 21:00, 25 October 2022 (UTC)

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GA Review

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

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This review is transcluded from Talk:Western Ghats/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Nominator: Magentic Manifestations (talk · contribs) 13:17, 27 April 2024 (UTC)

Reviewer: Arconning (talk · contribs) 14:34, 27 June 2024 (UTC)

I will be reviewing this, comments will probably be finished in the next 72 hours! Arconning (talk) 14:34, 27 June 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for taking it up. Will wait for the comments. Magentic Manifestations (talk) 14:52, 27 June 2024 (UTC)

@Magentic Manifestations Here are my comments! Hope they can be addressed. Arconning (talk) 15:19, 30 June 2024 (UTC)

@Arconning, I have addressed the comments. Thanks! Magentic Manifestations (talk) 11:47, 1 July 2024 (UTC)

Prose and MoS

Lead and infobox

• The Western Ghats, also known as the Sahyadris, is a mountain range, if "Sahyadris" is a plural word, change is to are. I don't know the grammar style for when referring to mountain ranges lol.

This came up for discussion during other GA reviews where reference to Western Ghats came up. As Western Ghats is a mountain range (similar to Himalayas), it could be singular, though I am also not sure as to whether they need to be considered singular/plural. I will change it to Sahayadri to avoid confusion here. Y

• Kerala and Tamil Nadu., I'm a stickler for the Oxford comma so I suggest adding that after Kerala. Y
• western edge of the Deccan Plateau, add comma at the end. Y
• Tapti river, capitalize River. Y
• The Western Ghats meets with the Eastern Ghats at Nilgiris before continuing south., change meets to meet.Y
•  late Jurassic and early Cretaceous period, pluralize period.Y
• The mountains can be roughly divided into three parts, northern section with elevation ranging from 900–1,500 m (3,000–4,900 ft), middle section starting from south of Goa with a lower elevation of less than 900 m (3,000 ft) and the southern section where the altitude rises again., The mountains can be roughly divided into three parts: the northern section with an elevation ranging from 900–1,500 m (3,000–4,900 ft), the middle section starting from the south of Goa with a lower elevation of less than 900 m (3,000 ft), and the southern section where the altitude rises again..Y
• steeper western slopes, facing the Arabian Sea., remove comma.Y
• The Western Ghats plays, replace with play instead.Y
• rain bearing, add hyphen.Y
• very less rainfall, less to little.Y
• significant of which, replace significant with most.Y

Etymology

• word Ghat, uncapitalize "Ghat".Y
• depending on the context, add comma at the end.Y
• stepped-hills, remove hyphen.Y
• such as the Eastern Ghats and Western Ghats;, replace the semicolon with a comma as it's not applicable.Y
• or the series, replace the to to a.Y
• Dravidian languages, (mountain side, ridge, gatta (mountain), in Kannada, add comma at the end.Y

Geology

• mountainous faulted, add commas after every word.Y
• basalt rocks and caused, add comma after rocks and replace and with which.Y
• to raise, to rise.Y
• late Jurassic and early Cretaceous period, pluralize period.Y
• of Western Ghats, of the Western Ghats, then...Y
• western slopes, facing the sea., remove comma.Y

Geography

• 160,000 km2 (62,000 sq mi), Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, add commas at the end.Y
• There are three gaps in the mountain range, the northernmost Goa Gap formed 65–80 million years ago (Mya), the oldest and widest Palghat Gap formed 500 Mya and the southernmost, narrowest Shencottah Gap., There are three gaps in the mountain range: the northernmost Goa Gap, formed 65–80 million years ago (Mya), the oldest and widest Palghat Gap, formed 500 Mya, and the southernmost, narrowest Shencottah Gap..Y
• The mountains can be roughly divided into three parts, northern section with elevation ranging from 900–1,500 m (3,000–4,900 ft), middle section starting from south of Goa with a lower elevation of less than 900 m (3,000 ft) and the southern section where the altitude rises again., The mountains can be roughly divided into three parts: the northern section with an elevation ranging from 900–1,500 m (3,000–4,900 ft), the middle section starting from the south of Goa with a lower elevation of less than 900 m (3,000 ft), and the southern section where the altitude rises again..Y
• The Western Ghats meets , The Western Ghats meet.Y
• feeding many perennial rivers of India., remove repetitive "of India".v
• Godavari, Kaveri, east to west, irrigation purposes, add commas at the end.Y

Climate

• plays an important role, plays to play.Y
• April-May, change with an endash.Y
• up in the land, up on the land.Y
• The air, add comma at the end.Y
• resulting in forming, omit forming.Y
• very less rainfall, very little rainfall.Y
• up the peninsula, and moving, remove comma.Y
• and bring majority, add the before majority.Y
• mountains show variations, mountains shows variations.Y
• around the year. , change around to throughout.YY
• Subtropical climate or temperate climate, add commas after the "climates".Y
• near zero, add a hyphen.Y
• is experienced in regions, is to are.Y
• monsoon period, pluralize period.Y
• 900 cm (350 in), add comma at the end.Y

Bio-diversity

• significant of which, replace significant to most.Y
• of the Indomalayan realm , at the foothills, peat bogs, add comma at the end.Y
• with Sholas, uncapitalize "sholas".Y
• 376 are naturalized exotics, add comma at the end.Y
• There are 850-1000, change hyphen to endash.Y
• are home to thousands of species of fauna, add comma at the end.Y
• Western Ghats region, add The at the start.Y
• highest tiger population, largest Indian elephant population in the wild, add comma at the end.Y
• vulnerable species such as , add the at the end.Y
• leopard, Nilgiri langur, dhole , add comma at the end.Y
• has an estimated 3,122 individuals in 2015., replace has with had.Y
• reptile genera and species occur here, add comma at the end.Y
• of the mugger crocodiles., remove the.Y
• New frog species have been continued to be discovered in the 21st century., remove been.Y
• Frogs of the genera Micrixalus, Indirana , Pedostibes, Ghatophryne, Ghatixalus, Mercurana, add commas at the end.Y
• and the toads, and arboreal frogs, remove and.Y
• white-bellied shortwing, white-bellied blue-flycatcher, Parapsilorhynchus, Rohtee, Bagrid catfishes (19 species), add commas at the end.Y
• brilliantly coloured , this feels more like a sugar coating rather than a formal tone.Y
• Horabagrus catfish, dwarf pufferfish, 54 endangered, rainbow trout, mahseer, add comma at the end.Y
• Seasonal rainfall patterns of, Seasonal rainfall patterns in.Y
• in their high abundance and diversity , add comma at the end.Y
• This include 28 endemics., This includes 28 endemics.Y
• the mussels Pseudomulleria dalyi, mussel instead.Y
• 4 species of freshwater molluscs are considered endangered and 3 are vulnerable., spell the singular digit numbers.Y
• non-endemics typically are, non-endemics are typically.Y
• were covered in dense forests, add comma at the end.Y
• were severely fragmented, were to was.Y
• threatened the rare endemic species and habitat specialists , add comma at the end.Y
• species rich, add hyphen.Y
• The primary threats to fauna were from habitat loss, , The primary threats to fauna were not only from habitat loss. Y
• illicit grazing, mining, poaching ,  has established many protected areas, protect specific endangered species, comprising 5,500 km2 (2,100 sq mi) of the forests , add comma at the end.Y
• Subsequent committees formed, add and at the end.Y

Images

• Images have proper licenses and are relevant to the topic. Pass.

Refs

• Random ref check: 34, 45, 81, all seem good. Though conditional pass on source 81 since there was no consensus whether it's reliable or not. All other refs seem good, pass.
• Earwig picks up sites that copy the article instead. Pass.

Misc

• Remove the awkward gap in the "See also" section.Y
• No ongoing edit war, pretty broad and pretty focused about the information on the topic, neutral :P.

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