Vikhroli is a suburb on the northeastern side of Mumbai, in the Indian state of Maharashtra, served by its own station on the Central Railway line. It is the site of manufacturing plants belonging to the Godrej industrial group and contains one of the largest mangrove forests in Maharashtra. The name Vikharvali appears in the fifteenth to seventeenth century Marathi-language chronicle Mahikavatichi Bakhar, and is thought to derive from the word vikhar, meaning poison.
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Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Vikhroli (Wikidata)
P625 (coordinate location)Quote, P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 19.11, longitude 72.94
2. OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m): SRTM 90 m elevation at 19.11,72.94
OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m)results elevationQuote, results elevation
"elevation": 3.0
3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 19.25, 72.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 19.25, 72.75
19.25 72.75 Aw
4. IANA Time Zone Database: IANA Time Zone Database, asia zone file
IANA Time Zone DatabaseZone Asia/Kolkata; IN has this one zone in zone1970.tabQuote, Zone Asia/Kolkata; IN has this one zone in zone1970.tab
Zone Asia/Kolkata 5:53:28 - LMT 1854 Jun 28 # Kolkata ... 5:30 1:00 %z 1945 Oct 15 5:30 - IST
Vikhroli (Wikipedia)
Lead section
Vikhroli (Marathi pronunciation: [ʋikʰɾoɭiː]) is a suburb of Mumbai located on the northeastern side of this Indian city.
- In Group: Cities of Southern Asia (World), Wikipedia lead / Wikidata P17, confirms city and country
On Continent: Asia, Lead paragraph names India; continent follows from the atlas record for India
It is also home to one of the largest mangrove forests in Maharashtra, India
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