Distinguish between western ghats and eastern ghats?
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1.Western Ghats runs parallel to the western coast in a north-south direction from the Tapi River to Kanayakumari. But Eastern Ghats runs in a north-east to south-west direction parallel to the eastern coast from Orissa to the Nilgiri hills.
2.Western Ghat’s average width is 50 to 80 km. But Eastern Ghat’s width varying from 100 to 200 km.
3.Western Ghats is source of many large rivers which flow in the Peninsular India. But no big river originates from the Eastern Ghats.
4.Western Ghats is almost perpendicular to the south-west monsoons coming from the Arabian Sea and causes heavy rainfall in the west coastal plain. But Eastern Ghats is almost parallel to the monsoons coming from the Bay of Bengal and does not cause much rainfall.
2.Western Ghat’s average width is 50 to 80 km. But Eastern Ghat’s width varying from 100 to 200 km.
3.Western Ghats is source of many large rivers which flow in the Peninsular India. But no big river originates from the Eastern Ghats.
4.Western Ghats is almost perpendicular to the south-west monsoons coming from the Arabian Sea and causes heavy rainfall in the west coastal plain. But Eastern Ghats is almost parallel to the monsoons coming from the Bay of Bengal and does not cause much rainfall.
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Western Ghats
- Mark the western edge of the Deccan Plateau
- Continuous
- Higher; average elevation is 900−1600 metres
- Lie parallel to the western coast along the Arabian Sea
Eastern Ghats
- Mark the eastern edge of the Deccan Plateau
- Discontinuous and irregular
- Lower; average elevation is 600 metres
- Lie parallel to the eastern coast along the Bay of Bengal
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