The Eastern Ghats of India is a discontinuous mountain range that runs along India's eastern coast through several states. It stretches over 1,131 km from northern Odisha to southern Tamil Nadu. Though interrupted by rivers, it contains hilly regions with peaks as high as 1,690 meters. Several major rivers like the Godavari and Mahanadi originate from the Eastern Ghats, irrigating the surrounding plains. The region also contains important wildlife, including elephants, tigers, deer and bears.
2. The Eastern Ghats of India is the
discontinuous mountain range
that runsa along the eastern
coast of India. There are the
series of low range mountains.
It passes through the states of
Odisha, Andhra Pradesh,
Telangana, Karnataka and
Tamil Nadu.
3. The Eastern ghats stretches
for about 1131km from
Mahanadi river in the
north(Odisha) to Vaigai river
in the south(Tamil Nadu) and
its width varies from 100 to
200km.
4. These ranges of mountains
are discountinuous
because they are
interrupted, eroded and
cut by the 4 major
peninsular rivers namely
Mahanadi, Krishna, Kaveri
and Godavari.
5. Also known as PURVA GHAT
or MAHENDRA PARVATAM in
the south. They are way
older than the western
ghats.
Since they lie parallel to the
monsoon originating from
Bay of Bengal, they recieve
less rainfall compared to
the western ghats.
6. HILL AND PEAKS
The northern part of the Eastern
ghats i.e. the region bewteen the
rivers Mahanadi and Godavari exhibit
true mountain characteristics. The
Maliya and Madugula Konda are the
2 ranges present in this region.
The elevation of Madugula Konda
range ranges between 90-1200m
and the highest peak in this range in
Jindhagada peak (1690m).
7. WATER BODIES
Some of the rivers that originate in the
Eastern Ghats of India are river Baitarani,
river Palar, river Sarada, river Penna and
river Vellar. These rivers irrigate lakhs of
hectares at the foothills and nearby plains.
Major rivers are-
• Brahmani
• Tugabhadra
• Godavari
• Mahanadi
• Kaveri
• Subernarekha
• Krishna
10. Eastern ghats is home to
largest number of Asiatic
elephants in the world.
Central India and Eastern
Ghats have the highest
number of tigers at 1,033.
