Question

Differentiate between Western Ghats and Eastern Ghats.

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Answer 1

Answer:

The Western Ghats runs parallel to the western coast in a north-south direction from the Tapi River to Kanyakumari. But the Eastern Ghats runs in a north-east to a south-west direction parallel to the eastern coast from Orissa to the Nilgiri hills. Western Ghat's average width is 50 to 80 km.

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Answer 2

Explanation:

Western Ghats

Eastern Ghats

Mark the western edge of the Deccan Plateau

Mark the eastern edge of the Deccan Plateau

Continuous, can be crossed through the passes only.

Discontinuous, irregular and dissected by rivers draining into the Bay of Bengal.

Higher; average elevation is 900−1600 meters

Lower; average elevation is 600 meters

It experiences orographic rain mostly in summer due to the summer monsoons. The climate is hot and moist.

It receives rain mostly in winter through North-eastern monsoon. However, here the rain is lesser than the western strip.

Soil is highly fertile. Rice, spices, rubber and fruits like coconuts, cashew nuts etc. are grown

Soil is not as fertile as western ghats. Rice, ground nuts, cotton, tobacco, coconuts etc. are grow