Discussion
The Nilgiri Hills form the meeting point of which two ranges?
Answer: C
Correct answer: The Western and Eastern Ghats
The Nilgiri Hills in Tamil Nadu are the junction of the Western and Eastern Ghats, standing where the two ranges converge at the southern end of the Deccan plateau. Their highest peak, Doddabetta, reaches 2,637 metres. The name means blue mountains, from the kurinji flower that blooms across the slopes once in twelve years. They matter geographically because south of them lies the Palghat Gap, a break of about 30 km in the otherwise continuous Western Ghats. It is the principal route between Kerala and Tamil Nadu for road and rail, and it lets monsoon air through, giving the country beyond it more rain than the rain shadow would otherwise allow. The Nilgiris are a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, the first declared in India, and support tea and coffee plantations along with the shola forest and grassland mosaic found nowhere else.
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