ghats

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Definition of ghats in English Turkish dictionary

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hint dağ geçidi
ghat
dağ geçidi
ghat
{i} ganj nehrine inen merdiven
ghat
merdiven/dağ/geçit
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Two mountain ranges of southern India, separated by the Deccan Plateau. The Eastern Ghats extend about 1,448 km (900 mi) along the coast of the Bay of Bengal. The Western Ghats extend about 1,609 km (1,000 mi) along the coast of the Arabian Sea. two lines of mountains in South India. The Western Ghats run along the coast of the Arabian Sea, and the Eastern Ghats run along the Bay of Bengal

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ghat
A burning-ghat
ghat
A mountain pass
ghat
A descending path or stairway to a river; a ford or landing-place

Chunks of wood were being built into funeral pyres on the steps of the ghat that went down into the water; four bodies were burning on the ghat steps when we got there.

Eastern and Western Ghats
Two mountain ranges forming the edges of the Deccan plateau in southern India. The Eastern Ghats extend about 500 mi (800 km) along the southeastern and eastern coast north to the mouth of the Mahanadi River; their average elevation is about 2,000 ft (600 m). The Western Ghats run 800 mi (1,290 km) along the southwestern and western coast north to the mouth of the Tapti River; their elevations range from 3,000 ft (900 m) to 5,000 ft (1,500 m). Because they receive heavy rainfall during the monsoon season, the Western Ghats comprise peninsular India's principal watershed
ghat
stairway in India leading down to a landing on the water
ghat
Stairs descending to a river; a landing place; a wharf
ghat
A pass through a mountain
ghat
Steps at the bank of a river where believers take a ritual bath Also a spot where people do their laundry and where as in Varanasi (travelogue day 19) there are cremations
ghat
A range of mountains
ghat
A boat-landing stage or bathing-place on the bank of a river, lake, or a pond
ghat
{i} mountain pass (in India); mountain range; river landing
ghat
Heart
ghat
flat area like a river bank; also place like this where cremations are performed
ghat
A set of steps leading down to water Varanasi (1), Varanasi (2), Gadi Sagar (Jaisalmer)
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Station
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    Etymology

    [ 'got, 'gät ] (noun.) 1783. Hindi ghAt, from Sanskrit ghatta.
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