Eastern Ghats

Along both sides of the Indian Peninsula follows two very old mountain ranges. The western one, Western Ghats is still continuous while the eastern, Eastern Ghats, is so worn that you rather see it, at least locally, as scattered hills. Average height is given as about 500 masl, to compare with Western Ghats 900-2700 masl. and the Himalyas proper with a mean of 6000 masl. Both Ghats was already present before India was disconnected to Africa (about 125 millions years before present), moved over what today is known as the Indian Ocean and eventually crashed into Asia forming the Himalayas. "Ghats" is steps in Sanskrit.

Here is a link to some facts of the geology of Eastern Ghats.
This is the way to S*Poo Nai's Eastern Ghats.

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