Western a and Eastern ghats are the part of ______________.
A
Plains of India
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B
Coastal plains of India
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C
Both a and b
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D
none of these
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Solution
The correct option is B Coastal plains of India
Western Ghats runs parallel to the western coast in a north-south direction from the Tapi River to Kanayakumari.
Eastern Ghats runs in a north-east to south-west direction parallel to the eastern coast from Orissa to the Nilgiri hills.
Western Ghats is source of many large rivers which flow in the Peninsular India. But no big river originates from the Eastern Ghats.
Western Ghats is almost perpendicular to the south-west monsoons coming from the Arabian Sea and causes heavy rainfall in the west coastal plain. But Eastern Ghats is almost parallel to the monsoons coming from the Bay of Bengal and does not cause much rainfall.