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Difference between eastern and western ghats

Answer 1

The Western Ghats & the Eastern Ghats are two mountain ranges from the peninsular India.The Western Ghats,also known as Sahyadri,is a range more or less parallel to the western coast of India. The range starts at the Tapi river gap near the Gujarat-Maharashtra border & passes through Maharashtra,Goa, Karnataka,Kerala & Tamil Nadu till Kanya Kumari.The total length is 1600 km.The average height in the north is 900 m.but the highest peaks are found in the South-Western Ghats,Anai Mudi(2695 m.) being the highest.The range also the source of such major rivers as Godavari,Krishna,Kaveri etc.The range is continuous except a gap in the south called the Palghat gap.The range obstructs the South-west monsoon,giving heavy rains to coastal belt & crestline region & creates a rainshadow to the east on the Deccan plateau.Many well known hill stations like Mahabaleshwar,Udhagamandalam(Ooty)Kodai are located in the Western Ghats.

The Eastern Ghats are along the Eastern coast of India,more or less parallel to forms the eastern boundary of the Deccan plateau. It is not continuous,but is broken/breached at many places by rivers like Godavari & Krishna.Every broken portion has different local names such as Mahendragiri,Nallamalai hills,Javadi hills etc. Height wise, it is shorter than the Western Ghats.The range passes through Odisha,Andhra Pradesh & Tamil Nadu. It's length is around 1200 km.Tirupati,the well known pilgrimage place,is located in Eastern Ghats.

While the Western Ghats faces the Arabian Sea,the Eastern Ghats faces the Bay of Bengal.

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