Question

discuss the classification of western coast in india.

Answer 1

India has a coastline of 7516.6 Km [6100 km of mainland coastline + coastline of 1197 Indian islands] touching 13 States and Union Territories (UTs).

The straight and regular coastline of India is the result of faulting of the Gondwanaland during the Cretaceous period. {Continental Drift}

As such the coast of India does not offer many sites for good natural harbours.

[Indented coastlines of Europe provide good natural harbours whereas African and Indian coastlines are not indented].

The Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea came into being during the Cretaceous or early Tertiary period after the disintegration of Gondwanaland.