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What is the difference between eastern ghats and weatern ghats?

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  1. Ghats (mountains), two converging mountain ranges in southern India, called the Eastern and Western Ghats, running along the eastern and western coasts of the country.

    [Eastern Ghats]

    -The Eastern Ghats parallel the Coromandel Coast.

    -The average elevation of the range is 600 m (2,000 ft) above sea level.

    -Eastern Ghats lie generally at a distance of 80 to 240 km (50 to 150 mi) from the coast,

    Vishākhapatnam they form precipitous escarpments along the Bay of Bengal.

    The chief rivers that cross or penetrate the mountains are the Godāvari, Krishna, and Kāveri (Cauvery).

    -[Western Ghats]

    The Western Ghats extend from the southern portion of the Tāpi River valley along the Malabar Coast to Cape Comorin.

    The range is divided by Pālghāt Gap (40 km/25 mi wide); the section north of the division is 1,300 km (800 mi) long and that to the south of the gap is 320 km (200 mi).

    -the range is separated from the coastline only by a narrow strip of land. At their northern end, the Western Ghats vary in height from 900 to 1,200 m (3,000 to 4,000 ft), but in the south they reach a  height of 2,637 m (8,652 ft) at Doda Beta, their highest peak.

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