Gavi
Gavi is a village in Pathanamthitta district, Kerala, India. it is famous for its biodiversity and rain forests.[2]
Village | |
| Coordinates: 9°26′25.72″N 77°9′37.25″E / 9.4404778°N 77.1603472°ECoordinates: 9°26′25.72″N 77°9′37.25″E / 9.4404778°N 77.1603472°E | |
| Country | |
| State | Kerala |
| District | Pathanamthitta district |
| Named for | Tourism |
| Government | |
| • Type | Panchayath |
| Elevation | 1,036 m (3,399 ft) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Malayalam, English |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 685 565 |
| Vehicle registration | KL-62 |
Lady Shoe Flower (Thunbergia mysorensis) in Gavi,Kerala
Plants and animals
Gavi is consisting of evergreen forests. There are somany animals such as tiger, elephants, leopards, bears, Indian gaur, sambar, barking and mouse deers, lion tailed macaque, Nilgiri langur, Nilgiri marten, Malabar giant squirrel and more than 250 species of birds can be seen there.
Climate
| Climate data for Gavi, Kerala | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 24.3 (75.7) |
25.4 (77.7) |
27.0 (80.6) |
27.3 (81.1) |
27.2 (81) |
25.3 (77.5) |
24.3 (75.7) |
24.6 (76.3) |
25.1 (77.2) |
24.5 (76.1) |
23.6 (74.5) |
23.8 (74.8) |
25.2 (77.36) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 15.5 (59.9) |
16.1 (61) |
17.4 (63.3) |
18.6 (65.5) |
19.3 (66.7) |
18.6 (65.5) |
18.2 (64.8) |
18.1 (64.6) |
17.9 (64.2) |
17.7 (63.9) |
16.9 (62.4) |
15.9 (60.6) |
17.52 (63.53) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 23 (0.91) |
32 (1.26) |
56 (2.2) |
131 (5.16) |
168 (6.61) |
327 (12.87) |
407 (16.02) |
256 (10.08) |
174 (6.85) |
252 (9.92) |
183 (7.2) |
77 (3.03) |
2,086 (82.13) |
| Source: Climate-Data.org[3] | |||||||||||||
Summer: February–April, daytime temperatures up to 28 °C. but can drop to 20 °C at night. Monsoon: June–August, daytime temperatures up to 25 °C but can drop to 10 °C at night.[4]
Gallery
Indian elephants near Gavi
Indian bison (gaur) spotted in Gavi
Nilgiri langur on the road from Vandiperiyar to Gavi
Cleome hassleriana in Gavi
References
- ↑ Public Relations Department, Govt. of Kerala., Statistical Data, retrieved 6/21/2007 [1] Archived 2009-06-26 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ About Gavi. Retrieved 2020-05-02.
- ↑ "CLIMATE: GAVI", Climate-Data.org. Web: [2].
- ↑ Touring Kerala website. Retrieved 2020-05-02.