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Continuous chain of mountains that rise abruptly more or less parallel to the coastline of India is
Answer: Option C
Answer: (c)
Western Ghats (also known as Sahyadri) is a continuous mountain range that runs parallel to the western coast of the Indian peninsula. It abruptly rises like a sheer wall to an average elevation of 1,000 m from the Western Coastal Plain.
But, they slope gently on their eastern flank and hardly appear to be a mountain when viewed from the Deccan tableland. They are steep-sided, terraced, hills presenting a stepped topography facing the Arabian Sea coast.
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Answer: (c)
Western Ghats (also known as Sahyadri) is a continuous mountain range that runs parallel to the western coast of the Indian peninsula. It abruptly rises like a sheer wall to an average elevation of 1,000 m from the Western Coastal Plain.
But, they slope gently on their eastern flank and hardly appear to be a mountain when viewed from the Deccan tableland. They are steep-sided, terraced, hills presenting a stepped topography facing the Arabian Sea coast.
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