Western Ghats -Eastern Ghats

Western Ghats	Eastern Ghats
It runs parallel to the Western coast in a N-S direction from Tapi river to kanya-kumari Average elevation 900-1600 m Average  width 50 to 80 km Stands like a continuous wall and can be crossed through passes only It has structural unity Source of many large rivers from it Almost perpendicular to the monsoon and therefore causes rainfall in the west coastal plain	It runs in NE to SW the direction parallel to the eastern coast from Odisha Odisha to the Nilgiri hills Average elegation 600m Width varying from 100-200 km Divided into several parts by large rivers Structural unity is lacking No big river originates It is almost parallel to SW Monsoon coming from the Bay of Bengal and does not cause much rainfall
The Nilgiri hills in Tamil Nadu lies at  the junction of Eastern & Western Ghats.