The Eastern Ghats

  • The Eastern Ghats are made up of charnockites, granite gneiss, khondalites, metamorphic gneisses and quartzite rock formations.
  • The structure of the Eastern Ghats includes thrusts and strike-slip faults all along its range.
  • Limestone, bauxite and iron ore are found in the Eastern Ghats hill ranges.
  •  It occupied around 32% of the total geographic area of Odisha.
  • It spread over Malkanagi, Koraput, Rayagada, Kandhmal, Kalahandi, Nawarangapur, Nuapada and part of Boudh.