The Eastern Ghats is a mountain range that stretches 1,750 km along the eastern coast of the Indian peninsula. Covering an area of 75,000 km2, it traverses the states of Odisha, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, and Tamil Nadu. The range forms a discontinuous chain of mountains along the eastern edge of the Deccan Plateau, stretching from north of the Mahanadi River in Odisha to Vaigai River in Tamil Nadu at the southern end of the Indian peninsula.