| ?Castle Rock Karnataka • India |
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| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| District(s) | Uttara Kannada |
Castle Rock is a village in the Indian state of Karnataka, The town is located in the Western Ghats on the state's border with Goa at an elevation of 621 m (2,040 ft)[1]. Karnataka (ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ pronounced) is a state in the southern part of India India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. Indian Standard Time ( IST) is the time observed throughout India and Sri Lanka, with a Time offset of UTC+530. UTC+530 is the Timezone for Indian Standard Time Sri Lanka Time A district is an administrative division of an Indian state or territory. Uttara Kannada ( Kannada ಉತ್ತರ ಕನ್ನಡ) is a district in the southern Indian state of Karnataka. A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country India is a union of states comprising twenty-eight states and seven union territories. Karnataka (ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ pronounced) is a state in the southern part of India The Western Ghats ( Kannada ಸಹ್ಯಾದ್ರಿ Marathi / Konkani - सह्याद्री Sahyadri Malayalam സഹ്യപര്വ്വതം Goa ( Konkani: गोंय /ɡɔ̃j/ is India 's smallest state in terms of area and the fourth smallest in terms of population.
Located at an elevation in a heavily forested area, Castle Rock's vegetation is moist tropical deciduous. The Tropics are centered on the Equator and limited in Latitude by the Tropic of Cancer in the northern hemisphere at approximately 23°26' (23 Botany Autumn leaf color. See --> In Botany and Horticulture, deciduous Plants, including Manganese mines[2] in the area form the main economy of the region. Manganese (ˈmæŋgəniːz is a Chemical element, designated by the symbol Mn. The area, which is within the Dandeli Tiger Reserve is also heavily habited by them.
For many years the town marked the frontier between Portuguese-held Goa and British-held India. Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic (República Portuguesa is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located A metre gauge railway line used to connect the Goan towns of Vasco and Margao with the rest of India and was the only rail link in the state till the Konkan Railway started services in the early 1990s. A narrow gauge railway (or narrow gauge railroad) is a Railway that has a Track gauge narrower than the of Standard gauge railways Vasco da Gama ( Konkani / Marathi: वास्को (often shortened to Vasco) is a small city in Goa state on the west coast of India Salcette taluk Margao ( Konkani: मडगांव is Goa 's second largest but busiest town the commercial capital of the state and the administrative headquarters The Konkan Railway (Railway SymbolKR is a company of the Indian Railways which operates along the Konkan coast of India. In the early-1990s, the Indian Railways converted the metre gauge line to broad gauge, thus connecting the old rail network with the rest of India. Indian Railways (भारतीय रेल Bhāratīya Rail) abbreviated as IR (hi भारे is a Department of the Government of India under the Ministry Broad gauge Railways use a Rail gauge (distance between the rails greater than the Standard gauge of. Metre gauge tracks can still be seen at the local railway station.
Castlerock Railway Station: An international connection that did exist in the past but is no longer a possibility is that between India (both British India and independent India) and the territory of Goa, which until 1961 was a colony of Portugal and not part of India. The MG railway line from Marmagoa to Castle Rock was originally owned and operated by the West of India Portuguese Railway (which despite its name was a British company) and it connected with the line in British India from Londa. The terminus of the line today is Vasco da Gama. For travellers between Goa and British India, and later between Goa and India, all the formalities of international travel including customs checks and verification of travel documents were carried out at Castle Rock.
The nearby Dudhsagar Falls is one of the main tourist attractions of Goa. Dudhsagar Falls (literally meaning The Sea of Milk) is a tiered waterfall located on the Mandovi River in the state of Goa, India
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