Eastern Ghats Face Loss of Forest Cover, Endemic Plants

The Eastern Ghats spread across Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, has lost almost 16% of its forest area over a span of 100 years, a recently published study shows.

Researchers from the University of Hyderabad studied historical maps and satellite images from 1920 to 2015 to understand the changes in land use and land cover.

About the Eastern Ghats

  • The Eastern Ghats or Purva Ghat also known as Mahendra Parvatam in the south, are a discontinuous range of mountains along India’s eastern coast.
  • The Eastern Ghats run from the northern Odisha through Andhra Pradesh to Tamil Nadu in the ....
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