- Run from the Tapti valley (21° N latitude) to a little north of Kanniyakumari (11° N latitude) for a distance of 1,600 km.
The northern section
- The northern section of the Ghats from Tapti valley to a little north of Goa is made of horizontal sheets of Deccan lavas (Deccan Traps).
- Kalasubai (1,646 m) near Igatpuri, Salher (1,567 m) about 90 km north of Nashik, Maha- baleshwar (1,438 m) and Harishchandragarh (1,424 m) are important peaks.
- Thal ghat and Bhor ghat are important passes which provide passage by road and rail between the Konkan Plains in the west and the Deccan Plateau in the east.
Konkan coast == Maharashtra coast and Goa coast
Malabar Coast == Kerala and Karnataka coast
The Middle Sahyadri
- The Middle Sahyadri runs from 16°N latitude up to Nilgiri hills. This area is covered with dense forests.
- The Vavul Mala (2,339 m), the Kudremukh (1,892 m) and Pushpagiri (1,714 m) are important peaks.
- The Nilgiri Hills which join the Sahyadris near the tri-junction of Karnataka, Kerala and TN, rise abruptly to over 2,000 m. They mark the junction of the Western Ghats with the Eastern Ghats.
- Doda Betta (2,637 m) and Makurti (2,554 m) are important peaks of this area.
The southern section
- The southern part of the Western Ghats is separated from the main Sahyadri range by Pal ghat Gap (Palakkad Gap).
- The high ranges terminate abruptly on either side of this gap. Pal ghat Gap it is a rift valley.
- This gap is used by a number of roads and railway lines to connect the plains of Tamil Nadu with the coastal plain of Kerala.
- It is through this gap that moist-bearing clouds of the south-west monsoon can penetrate some distance inland, bringing rain to the Mysore region.
- Anai Mudi (2,695 m) is the highest peak in the whole of southern India.
- Three ranges radiate in different directions from Anai Mudi. These ranges are the Anaimalai (1800-2000 m) to the north, the Palani (900- 1,200 m) to the north-east and the Cardamom Hills or the Ealaimalai to the south.
