Eastern Ghats

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plural noun

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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How to use Eastern Ghats in a sentence

The Eastern Ghats run in fragmentary spurs and ranges down the Madras coast.
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It occupies the portion of the Mysore table-land immediately bordering the Eastern Ghats.
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From Sonpur it pursues a tortuous course among ridges and rocky crags towards the range of the Eastern Ghats.
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British Dictionary definitions for Eastern Ghats

Eastern Ghats

pl n

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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