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When one is travelling from Ahmedabad to Kerala by a train, one comes across many tunnels. These tunnels are in the hills of

A

Vindhyachal

B

Aravallis

C

Western Ghats

D

Eastern Ghats

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Western Ghats is a mountain range that runs parallel to the western coast of the Indian Peninsula. The range starts near the border of Gujarat and Maharashtra and runs approximately 1600 km through the states of Maharashtra, Goa, Karanataka, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu, cnding at Kanya Kumari, at the soutren tip of India.
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