Question

coastal karnataka environmental movement

Answer 1

Coastal Karnataka stretches from approx 320 kilometers in the districts of Dakshina Kannada to Udupi and Uttara Kannada.

Coastline is flodded by the little unpolluted Arabian Sea in west and a vast scenery of Western Ghats in the east.  

Three distinct agro-climatic zones ranging from coastal flatlands in the west with undulating hills and valleys in the middle and high hills in the east.  

Several edges and spurs of Western Ghats goes through this region and open into the sea.  

It has difficult terrains full of rivers, creeks, waterfalls, peaks and hill ranges.  

Coastal region comprises of two wide physical units, plains and Western Ghats.

Answer 2

opposed Mangalore refinery and petrochemicals Limited