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๐ฎ๐ณ Eastern Ghats
India's eastern highland corridor; discontinuous hills running along the Bay of Bengal coast
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๐ฎ๐ณ Key Facts
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Discontinuous range from Odisha through Andhra Pradesh to Tamil Nadu
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Highest peak: Jindhagada (1,690 m) in Andhra Pradesh
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Rich tribal homeland: home to Kondhs, Sora, Gadaba, Bondas โ some of India's most ancient communities
Unlike the continuous Western Ghats, Eastern Ghats are cut by rivers into separate hill ranges
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๐ฎ๐ณ Indian Geography
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๐ฎ๐ณ India
Key Year
1900
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India's eastern highland corridor; discontinuous hills running along the Bay of Bengal coast