Question

Dinguish between western ghats
and eastern ghats​

Answer 1

Answer:

☆ WESTERN GHATS :

→ Western Ghats are continuous Chain of hills starting from Tapti valley in the North to Kanyakumari in the South.

→ Run almost Parallel to West Coastal Plain

→ Western Ghats act as a Climatic barrier to the South - West monsoon winds.

→ Most of the rivers that rise in western Ghats drain into Arabian sea .

☆ EASTERN GHATS :

→ Eastern Ghats are discontinuous chain of hills from Mahanadi River in north and Vaigai River in the south .

→ Run parallel to the East Coastal Plain

→ Eastern Ghats lie on the rain shadow region of the South - West monsoon Winds

→ Most of the rivers that rise in Eastern Ghats drain into Bay of Bengal .

Answer 2

Answer:

Difference between western ghats and Eastern ghats

Western ghats

1. The western ghats from the western side or arm of the peninsular plateau.
2. The ghats are regular and comparative higher in elevation. Advancing towards south their elevation goes on increasing.
3. They are less wide.
4. They are unbroken.
5. They are the source of rivers like godavari, krishna, kaveri
6. The highest peak is Anaimudi

Eastern ghats

1. The Eastern ghats from the Eastern side or arm of the peninsular plateau.
2. The Eastern ghats are comparative resulting in low elevation at places by the flowing of numerous rivers towards east.
3. They are much wide.
4. They are broken by small and fast flowing rivers.
5. No major river originate from the Eastern ghats.
6. The highest peak is Mahendragiri.