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Continuous chain of mountains that rise abruptly more or less parallel to the coastline of India is – |
| A. | Aravalli |
| B. | Satpura |
| C. | Eastern ghats |
| D. | Western ghats |
| Answer» D. Western ghats | |
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Explanation: 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 as 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 mountainwhen viewed from the Deccan tableland. They are steep-sided, terraced, hills presenting a stepped topography facing the Arabian Sea coast. |
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