Question

Distinguish between the following: The Western Ghats and the Eastern Ghats.

Answer 1

Hint: The Ghats are considered to be a mountain pass and the Western mountain ranges are called the Western Ghats as the Deccan plateau of India is surrounded by Ghats on the west and east.

Complete answer:

S.No	Western Ghats	Eastern Ghats
1.	The Western Ghats are an elevated and continuous mountain range.	The Eastern Ghat is a low-height and discontinuous mountain range
2.	They pass parallel to India's western coast.	The ghats of the east pass parallel to India's eastern coastal plains.
3.	Without any big breaks, they are continuous, so it is very difficult to push through them. While due to advanced transport technology, this challenge has been reduced in the current times, but in the old days, it was certainly a huge job to cross the ghats and get to the opposite side.	They are discontinuous in nature and is dissected by the rivers that drain into the Bay of Bengal. Most of these rivers originate in the Western Ghats, as mentioned above.
4.	The Western Ghats act as a climate barrier to the monsoon winds of the South-West.	The Eastern Ghats lie on the South-West Monsoon Winds of the rain shadow region
5.	In the Western Ghats, most of the rivers flow into the Arabian sea.	Most of the rivers that rise in the Bay of Bengal flow into the East Ghats.
6.	The western ghats have their point of origin in important rivers such as the Tungabhadra, the Krishna, the Godavari.	The Eastern Ghats erode rivers like Krishna, Kaveri, Mahanadi, Godavari
7.	The western ghats are also made up of evergreen forests, but Coffee is the main crop grown there.	Rice, which is also the staple food of people living in the region, is the main crop produced in the Eastern Ghats.
8.	Anaimudi is the highest point on the peninsular plateau and is situated in the Western Ghats' Anaimalai Hills.	The Jindhagada mountain (1690 metres) is the highest peak in the Eastern Ghats. It is also referred to as Arma Konda or Konda Sitamma.

Note:
1. The Western Ghats are given a few local names:
- In Maharashtra, Sahyadri.
- In Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, the Nilgiri hills.
- Anaimalai Hills and Kerala's Cardamom hills.
2. Some of the important mountainous hills of the Eastern Ghats are the Javadi Hills, Palconda Range, Nallamala Hills, and Mahendragiri Hills.