Eastern Ghats
Eastern Ghats is a separate category of mountains along the eastern coast of India. Eastern Ghats pass through parts of Karnataka and Wayanad district of Kerala, going south from Odisha to Tamil Nadu via Andhra Pradesh. They are being destroyed by four major rivers of peninsular India. Godavari, Mahanadi, Krishna, and Kaveri.
Mountain ranges run parallel to the Bay of Bengal. The Deccan Plateau is located in the west of the border between the Eastern Ghats and the Western Ghats. Coromandel is situated between coastal plains, eastern ghats and the Bay of Bengal along the coast area. Eastern Ghats is not as high as the Western Ghats.
Eastern Ghats Media
Khondalite is one of the major rock types found in the Eastern Ghats.
Godavari is the largest river in the region and cuts through the range.
Dry deciduous forests are common across the region.
The grey slender loris is limited to South India and parts of Sri Lanka.
The Jerdon's courser was thought to be extinct in the wild before it was re-discovered in the range in 1986.
Seized illegally felled red sanders logs in Andhra Pradesh.
Birds at the Godavari River estuary at the Coringa Wildlife Sanctuary