ghat also ghaut 
(gôt, gät)
(gôt, gät)n.
A broad flight of steps leading down to the bank of a river in India, used especially by bathers.
[Hindi ghāt, from Sanskrit ghaṭṭaḥ, probably of Dravidian origin; akin to Telugu kaṭṭu, gaṭṭu, dam, embankment.]
ghatalong the Ganges River, India