The Palghat Gap, an important break in the Western Ghats, lies between which two hill groups?
- A.Nilgiri and Anaimalai hills
- B.Cardamom and Palani hills
- C.Satpura and Maikal hills
- D.Javadi and Shevaroy hills
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Explanation
The correct answer is A, the Nilgiri and Anaimalai hills. The Palghat Gap is a wide trough about thirty kilometres across, and it is the principal natural break in the otherwise continuous wall of the Western Ghats. The road and rail routes and the Bharathapuzha river between Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu and Palakkad in Kerala all use it, and it strongly affects the monsoon winds reaching the interior.
Option B is wrong because the Cardamom and Palani hills lie south of the gap and are continuous with the Anaimalai group. Option C is wrong because the Satpura and Maikal ranges belong to central India, far north of the Western Ghats, near the source of the Narmada. Option D is wrong because the Javadi and Shevaroy hills are outliers of the Eastern Ghats in Tamil Nadu and have nothing to do with this gap. The other named breaks in the Ghats are the Thal Ghat and the Bhor Ghat in Maharashtra.
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