Tag: physical geography of tamil nadu

To the south of Palani hills, there are two other ranges namely, Varshanadu and Andipatti hills running parallel to the Cardamom hills.

• The gap in between Varshanadu hills and Agathiya malai is called the Shenkottai pass.

The Palakkad gap and Shenkottai gap are the only breaks in the long chain of hills that border Tamil Nadu on the west.

• Doddabetta is the highest mountain in the Nilgiri hills at 2,637 metres (8,650 feet).

• Plateaus of Tamil Nadu can be grouped into two as Coimbatore plateau and Madurai plateau. 

The Western Ghats and Eastern Ghats meet at the Nilgiri Hills.

• At least 24 of the Nilgiri mountains' peaks are above 2,000 metres (6,600 ft), the highest peak being Doddabetta, at 2,637 metres (8,652 ft).

There are two types of plains in Tamil Nadu which are coastal plains and river plains. The coastal plains of Tamil Nadu extent from Publicat lake in the north to Kanyakumari  in the South, to a length of 1,000km at an average elevation of 50mt. The notable beaches found here are the Marina beach and the Rameshwaram beach.

The Coastline of Tamil Nadu is located on the southeast coast of Indian Peninsula, and forms a part of Coromandel Coast of Bay of Bengal and Indian Ocean. It is 1,000 km long and is the second-longest coastline in the country after Gujarat.