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Are the Eastern and Western Ghats in India mountains or Plateaus?
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The Western Ghats or the Sahyadri are the ranges of hills parallel to the western coast of India starting from Gujarat right upto Kerala. The ghats are hill ranges on the top of which starts the Deccan Plateau
Likewise the Eastern Ghats are the ranges of hills that raise from near the coast on the Eastern Coast of India.
Both the Western and Eastern Ghats are thickly forested and most part of these ghats have been declared as bio diversity hot spots of the world and are home to many species of birds, animals, insects and flora and fauna
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Which of the five regions in India did the Western Ghats and the Eastern Ghats separate India?
the western ghats & eastern ghats separate the coastal plains of India from the deccan plateau
Where does eastern and western ghats meet?
Nilgiris.The Western Ghats extend from the Satpura Range in the north, go south past Goa, through Karnataka and into Kerala and Tamil Nadu. The major hill range starting from the north is the Sahyadhri (the benevolent mountains) range. This range is home to many hill stations like Matheran, Mahabaleshwar, Panchgani, Kudremukh and Kodagu. The range is called Sahyadri in northern Maharashtra and Sahya Parvatamin Kerala. The Biligirirangans southeast of Mysore in Karnataka, meet the Shevaroys (Servarayan range) and Tirumala range farther east, linking the Western Ghats to the Eastern Ghats. In the south the range is known as the Nilagiri malai in Tamil Nadu.
The other name of western ghats?
Sahyadris
Why The leeward side of the western ghats is drought prone because?
Rajastan and gujarat are drought-prone because the monsoon winds which are completly drained by the time they reach them. the leeward side of the western ghats is drought prone as the western ghats block the rain bearing winds from reaching it.
What is the shape of Aso palav leaf?
It will be usually oval shaped just like a guava leaf. It is grown in the southern india especially in the western ghats.
What mountains are located on the western and eastern coasts of India?
western ghats
What mountains are located on the western and eastern coasts on India?
western ghats
Where is the eastern ghats and the western ghats in India?
Eastern Ghats are in the Eastern coast of India, Western Ghats are in the West.
What are the two major mountains in India?
the two mountain ranges of India is eastern ghats and western ghats
What mountains are located on the eastern coast of India?
The answer is The Western Ghats.
What is the other name for western ghats?
eastern ghats ,southern ghats ,western ghats
What landforms mark the western and eastern borders of southern India?
Western Ghats and Eastern Ghats
What mountains frame the Deccan Plateau?
The Eastern and Western Ghats frame the Deccan Plateau of India!
Which of the five regions in India did the Western Ghats and the Eastern Ghats separate India?
the western ghats & eastern ghats separate the coastal plains of India from the deccan plateau
Why have the western stopes of the western ghats covered with thick forests and not the eastern slopes?
I Think that western ghats have very high rainfall but eastern stopes have not therefore western ghats have thick vegetation
What are two mountain ranges in southern India?
Eastern Ghats & Western Ghats
What hills are found where the Eastern Ghats and the Western Ghats meet?
nilgiri hills
