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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Eastern Ghats

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

It is in shape an irregular parallelogram, divided into two nearly equal parts by the range of the Eastern Ghats, which intersects it throughout its entire length.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" 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

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

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 Alice B. Van Doren

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