Place ID

AbbeyFalls

Region:	Asia
Country:	India
City:	Madikeri

Description

In the mountains of the Western Ghats, several streams combine, swelling with the monsoon rains and plunging down the mountain slope at enormous speed, hitting the huge boulders hard and forcing through the crevices and ravines. A misty cloud hangs over the falls. From here the water flows into the Kaveri River.[1]rnrnThe waterfall is located between private coffee plantations with stocky coffee bushes and spice estates with trees entwined with pepper vines. The falls appear suddenly, the water cascading over rocks into calm pools.[2]rnrnDuring the monsoon season the water flow is very high. During the dry seasons the flow is considerably diminished.