the western and eastern ghats meet at biligiriranga hills.
the western and eastern ghats meet at biligiriranga hills.
where do the western and eastern ghats meet?
biligiriranga hills
the northern portion of the narrow coastal plain between the western ghats and the arabian sea is known as the konkan, the central portion is called kanara and the southern portion is called malabar. the foothill region east of the ghats in maharashtra is known as desh, while the eastern foothills of the central karnataka state is known as malenadu. the range is known as "sahyadri" in maharashtra and karnataka. the western ghats meet the eastern ghats at the nilgiri mountains in northwestern tamil nadu. the nilgiris connect the biligiriranga hills in southeastern karnataka with the shevaroys and tirumala hills. south of the palghat gap are the anamala hills, located in western tamil nadu and kerala with smaller ranges further south, including the cardamom hills, then aryankavu pass, and aralvaimozhi pass near kanyakumari. the range is known as "sahyan" or "sahian" in kerala. in the southern part of the range is anamudi (), the highest peak in the western ghats.
western ghats
eastern ghats are a discontinuous range of mountains along india's eastern coast. the eastern ghats run from the northern odisha through andhra pradesh to tamil nadu in the south passing some parts of karnataka and in the wayanad region of kerala. they are eroded and cut through by four major rivers of peninsular india, viz. godavari, mahanadi, krishna, and kaveri. the mountain ranges run parallel to the bay of bengal. the deccan plateau lies to the west of the range, between the eastern ghats and western ghats. the coastal plains, including the coromandel coast region, lie between the eastern ghats and the bay of bengal. the eastern ghats are not as high as the western ghats. the eastern ghats are older than the western ghats, and have a complex geologic history related to the assembly and breakup of the ancient supercontinent of rodinia and the assembly of the gondwana supercontinent. the eastern ghats are made up of charnockites, granite gneiss, khondalites, metamorphic gneisses and quartzite rock formations. the structure of the eastern ghats includes thrusts and strike-slip faults all along its range. limestone, bauxite and iron ore are found in the eastern ghats hill ranges.
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