Name: Divisions of the Himalayas Based on Rivers
Uploaded: 2019-07-19
Duration: 4 min 22 s
Description: The towering Himalayan mountains are the largest in the world! They can be divided according to multiple rivers that form valleys through this vast range.

Question

What is the difference between eastern and western ghats?

Accepted Answer

The Western Ghats The Eastern Ghats

They rise abruptly from the western coastal plains.

They are running in the north-south direction and from the western edge of the Deccan plateau.

It extended about $1600$ km from the Tapi valley in the North up to Kanniyakumari in the South.

The slope and the main rivers like the Godavari, Krishna, and Kaveri rise from the eastern slope and flow eastwards and fall into the Bay of Bengal.

Annaimudi ( $2695$ m) is the highest peak.

They run almost parallel to the East Coast.

These are a series of detached hills, lying between the Mahanadi river in Orissa and the Vaigai river in Tamilnadu.

These hills are not continuous and almost disappear between Godavari and Krishna rivers and the Godavari valley divides the Eastern Ghats into the northern parts.

Mahendragiri ( $1501$ m) is the highest peak.

Further south, the Eastern Ghats join with the Western Ghats, at Nilgiris and the highest point is Doda Beta.

What is the difference between eastern and western ghats?

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