Eastern Ghats

Economic

• Eastern Ghats: Limestone, bauxite and iron ore are found in the Eastern Ghats hill ranges.
• The climate of the higher hill ranges is generally cooler and wetter than the surrounding plains and the hills are home to coffee plantations and enclaves of dry forest.
• The Bilgiri Hills, which run east from the Western Ghats to the River Kaveri, forms a forested ecological corridor that connects the Eastern and Western Ghats, and allows the second-largest wild elephant population in India to range between the South Eastern Ghats, the Biligiri and Nilgiri Hills, and the South Western Ghats.
• The famous temple Malai Mahadeshwara ....