the eastern ghats hill ranges lie to the west of deccan plateau.
which hill ranges lie to the west of deccan plateau?
the eastern ghats
beyond the ghats is deccan plateau, a semi-arid region lying in the rain shadow of the western ghats. this is the largest unit of the peninsular plateau of india. the highlands of the plateau are covered with different types of forests, which provide a large variety of forest products.the deccan plateau includes the region lying south of the satpura range.it extends up to the southern tip of peninsular india.anai mudi is the highest peak of this region.the deccan plateau is surrounded by the western and the eastern ghats.these ghats meet each other at the nilgiri hills. the western ghats includes the sahyadri, nilgiris, anamalai, and cardamom hills.many rivers such as mahanadi, godavari, krishna, and kaveri originates from western ghats and flow toward the east.the eastern ghats are broken into small hill rangesby river coming from the western ghats.most of these rivers fall into the bay of bengal.the godavari is the longest river in the deccan plateau .the narmada and the tapi flow westwards and fall into the arabian sea.
biogeographic classification of india
the satpura range is a range of hills in central india. the range rises in eastern gujarat state running east through the border of maharashtra and madhya pradesh to the east till chhattisgarh. the range parallels the vindhya range to the north, and these two east-west ranges divide indian subcontinent into the indo-gangetic plain of northern india and the deccan plateau of the south. the narmada river originates from north-eastern end of satpura in amarkantak, and runs in the depression between the satpura and vindhya ranges, draining the northern slope of the satpura range, running west towards the arabian sea. the tapti river originates in the eastern-central part of satpura, crossing the range in the center and running west at the range's southern slopes before meeting the arabian sea at surat, draining the central and southern slopes of the range. multai, the place of tapi river origin is located about 465 kilometer far, south-westerly to amarkantak, separated across by the hill range. the godavari river and its tributaries drain the deccan plateau, which lies south of the range, and the mahanadi river drains the easternmost portion of the range. the godavari and mahanadi rivers flow into the bay of bengal. at its eastern end, the satpura range meets the hills of the chotanagpur plateau. the satpura range is a horst mountain and is flanked by narmada graben in the north and much smaller but parallel tapi graben in the south.
satpura range