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5 unusual facts about Eastern Ghats


Abbott's Babbler

The subspecies M. a. krishnarajui of the Eastern Ghats has a darker russet tail and rump than the Himalayan nominate subspecies.

Indian Scimitar Babbler

Race maderaspatensis of the Eastern Ghats is intermediate in plumage between the nominate form and obscurus.

Koraiyar Falls

Koraiyar Falls (Tamil: கோரையாரு) is one of the waterfalls along the Eastern Ghats, and near Thondamanthurai, Perambalur district, India.

Mahendra Mountains

It is identified to be the part of the mountain ranges in the east coast of India (Eastern Ghats), that falls in Orissa.

Malyavat Mountains

It is identified as the part of the mountain ranges in the east coast of India (Eastern Ghats) that falls in the northern Tamilnadu and southern Andhra Pradesh.


Ghat Roads

Ghat Roads are the name of the access routes into the mountainous Western and Eastern Ghats mountain ranges of the Indian Subcontinent.

Indira Gandhi Zoological Park

In an area of 625 acre the zoological Park located among the Kambalakonda Wildlife Sanctuary of Eastern Ghats.

Narrow gauge railways in India

Parlakimidi Light Railway, the Naupada-Gunupur railway line in India is laid between the east coast and Eastern Ghats in North Eastern Andhra Pradesh and Southern Orissa.

Sri Lankan jackal

On the Asian mainland, the Sri Lankan jackal occurs in the whole southern part of the Indian peninsula, from Thana near Bombay in the northwest southwards through the Western Ghats, Mysore, the Eastern Ghats and Mandura.

Trimeresurus strigatus

Found in the hills of southern India, Trimeresurus strigatus is distributed in the Nilgiri, Anaimalai, Palni, Tinnevelly, and Shevaroy Hills of the Eastern Ghats at elevations of 3,000-6,000 ft (900-1,800 m) (M.A. Smith, 1943).


see also

Pudipalli

Pudipalli was a popular film location for Tollywood in 1990s and 1980s due to its picturesque location along the eastern ghats on the banks of the river Godavari.

White-naped Tit

This species was discovered in the Eastern Ghats near Nellore by T C Jerdon who received a specimen from a local hunter.