Question

Write the difference between Western Ghats and Eastern Ghats.

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 Ghats average elevation is 900 to 1,100 meters above sea-level.

Answer 2

Answer:

Western Ghats 

 1. There are different local names of Western Ghats:

Sahyadri in Maharashtra

Nilgiri hills in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu

Anaimalai Hills and Cardamom hills in Kerala

2. The Western Ghats is an elevated and continuous range of mountains3. The average elevation of Western Ghats is about 1,500 m4. Western Ghat is the origin of various Peninsular rivers

Eastern Ghats

 1. Eastern Ghat is discontinuous and low-height mountain ranges2. Rivers like Krishna, Kaveri, Mahanadi, Godavari erode the Eastern Ghats3. Javadi Hills, Palconda range, Nallamala hills, Mahendragiri hills make some of the important mountainous hills of Eastern Ghats

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