<Tr> <Th> Type of rock </Th> <Td> Igneous, Iron and Limestone </Td> </Tr> <P> The Eastern Ghats 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 south passing some parts of Karnataka and in the Wayanad region of Kerala . They are eroded and cut through by the four major rivers of peninsular India, known as the Godavari, Mahanadi, Krishna, and Kaveri . </P> <P> The mountain ranges run parallel to the Bay of Bengal . The Deccan Plateau lies to the west of the range, between the Eastern Ghats and Western Ghats . The coastal plains, including the Coromandel Coast region, lie between the Eastern Ghats and the Bay of Bengal . The Eastern Ghats are not as high as the Western Ghats . </P> <P> The Eastern Ghats are older than the Western Ghats, and have a complex geologic history related to the assembly and breakup of the ancient supercontinent of Rodinia and the assembly of the Gondwana supercontinent . </P>

Where does the western and eastern ghats meet