DMPQ- Tabulate the difference between western ghats and eastern ghats?

In this type of questions please try to make map of India and roughly show the location of western and eastern ghats.

Basis	Western Ghats	Eastern Ghats
Direction	Run Parallel to west cost in north south direction	Eastern ghats run in a north east to south west direction parallel to the eastern cost.
Width	Avg width is 50-80km	Avg width 100-200km
Source of river	Act as a water divide. Source of many rivers like Krishna, Godavari, cauvery, koyna etc.	No big river originates
Rainfall	Almost perpendicular to south west direction leading to heavy rainfall. rainfall greater than 200cm in kerala region.	Eastern Ghats almost parallel to returning monsoon so less rainfall.
Physical division	Continuous in nature can be crossed through passes only. Like Palghat, thal ghat,naneghat	Not continuous , big rivers divide into fragments
Elevation	Elevation between 900-1100m	Average elevation 600
Biodiversity	Highly enriched. A biodiversity hotspot. Rich in flora and fauna. National parks and wild life sanctuaries are more in number. Tropical evergreen foreset, temperate evergreen forest is a speciality.	Not so enriched as compared to Western ghats.

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