In this type of questions please try to make map of India and roughly show the location of western and eastern ghats.
Tabulate the difference between western ghats and eastern ghats?
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| Basis | Western Ghats | Eastern Ghats |
| Direction | Run Parallel to west cost in north south direction | Eastern ghats run in a north east to south west direction parallel to the eastern cost. |
| Width | Avg width is 50-80km | Avg width 100-200km |
| Source of river | Act as a water divide. Source of many rivers like Krishna, Godavari, cauvery, koyna etc. | No big river originates |
| Rainfall | Almost perpendicular to south west direction leading to heavy rainfall. rainfall greater than 200cm in kerala region. | Eastern Ghats almost parallel to returning monsoon so less rainfall. |
| Physical division | Continuous in nature can be crossed through passes only. Like Palghat, thal ghat,naneghat | Not continuous , big rivers divide into fragments |
| Elevation | Elevation between 900-1100m | Average elevation 600 |
| Biodiversity | Highly enriched. A biodiversity hotspot. Rich in flora and fauna. National parks and wild life sanctuaries are more in number. Tropical evergreen foreset, temperate evergreen forest is a speciality. | Not so enriched as compared to Western ghats. |
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