Eastern Ghats

American  

plural noun

1. a low mountain range in S India along the E margin of the Deccan plateau and parallel to the coast of the Bay of Bengal.

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Eastern Ghats British  

plural noun

1. a mountain range in S India, parallel to the Bay of Bengal: united with the Western Ghats by the Nilgiri Hills; forms the E margin of the Deccan plateau

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Example Sentences

Koundinya Wildlife Sanctuary is a long, thin strip of dry deciduous forest in the Eastern Ghats, a broken chain of mountains in the lower part of India.

From Scientific American • Sep. 23, 2020

One such road I have in mind, a road leading from the old fortress town of Vellore through twenty-three miles of fertile plain, to Gudiyattam, at the foot of the Eastern Ghats.

From Lighted to Lighten: the Hope of India by Doren, Alice B. Van

The Eastern Ghats run in fragmentary spurs and ranges down the Madras coast.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 8 "Germany" to "Gibson, William" by Various

The north-eastern part, known as the Agency tract, is occupied by spurs of the Eastern Ghats.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" by Various

About Anenge-nenge we could easily see the sub-ranges of the great Eastern Ghats, some twenty miles to the north-east.

From Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 1 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir