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Distinguish Between the Western Ghats and the Eastern Ghats

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Answered by shashi955
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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. ... The Western Ghats continuous and can be crossed through passes only.
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Answered by anuJain01
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Western ghats- Western Ghats runs parallel to the western coast in a north-south direction from the Tapi River to Kanyakumari.  Western Ghat’s average width is 50 to 80 km. The Western Ghats is a source of many large rivers which flow in Peninsular India. The Western Ghats is almost perpendicular to the south-west monsoons coming from the Arabian Sea and causes heavy rainfall in the western coastal plain. The Western Ghats continuous and can be crossed through passes only.   Western Ghats average elevation is 900 to 1,100 meters above sea-level.

Eastern ghats- Eastern Ghats runs in a north-east to a south-west direction parallel to the eastern coast from Orissa to the Nilgiri hills. Eastern Ghat’s width varying from 100 to 200 km. But no big river originates from the Eastern Ghats. the Eastern Ghats is almost parallel to the monsoons coming from the Bay of Bengal and does not cause much rainfall. Eastern Ghats has been divided into several parts by large rivers.  the average elevation of Eastern Ghats is about 600 metres above sea level.

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