write any five features of eastern Ghat and Western Ghat
Answers
Eastern Ghats:-
The Eastern Ghats spread from Mahanadi to
Nilgiri in the South.
•They are discontinuous and irregular.
•Rivers draining into Bay of Bangal have disselected the the Eastern Ghats.
•Their average elevation is 600mts
•Mahendragiri is the highest peak in the Eastern Ghats. Sevroy Hills and Javadi Hills are located to the South East of the Eastern Ghats.
•All the rivers draining the eastern coastal plains originate in the Western Ghats.
Western Ghats:-
Western Ghats run parallel to the Western coast.
•They are continuous and are crossed through passes only. They provide routes to the rail and roads.
•Western Ghats are higher than Eastern Ghats.
•Their average elevation is 900-1600 mts.
•The Western Ghats cause orographic rain by blocking the rain bearing moist winds along the Western slopes of the Ghats.
•The Western Ghats are know by different local names. It is Sahyadri in the north, Nilgiri and Annamali in the middle and Cardamom Hills in the South.
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Answer & Explanation:
- Features of Eastern Ghat:
(i) Eastern ghat produces better plants because of heavy rainfall.
(ii) In this region famous rivers are Godavari, Mahanadi, Krishna, Kaveri.
(iii) Yercaud and Bilgiri are the mountain ranges in eastern ghat.
(iv) Many lakes and ponds are found here like Kolleru lake, Chilika Pond, Pullicat Pond.
(v) The eastern ghat starts from the state Odisha and ends to the state Tamil Nadu.
- Features of Western Ghat:
(i) Western ghat is a continuous range of mountain.
(ii) Here the forest is evergreen. Long trees, shrubs all are present in forest.
(iii) Bio-diversity is the greatest feature of this range.
(iv) Cardamom hill is the highest hill here.
(v) The Western ghat starts from the state Gujrat and ends to the state Tamil Nadu.