This gap, which completely intersects the Ghats, is about 20 m.
It consists chiefly of an extensive plateau between the Eastern and Western Ghats, of a height varying from Boo to 1000 ft.
The Eastern Ghats have an average elevation of 1500 ft.
The Western Ghats ascend more abruptly from the sea to an average height of about 3000 ft.
On the eastern side of India, the Ghats form a series of spurs and buttresses for the elevated inner plateau, rather than a continuous Eastern mountain wall.