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The Coastal Plains

The southern part of the peninsular plateau is bordered by narrow coastal strips along the Arabian Sea on the west and the Bay of Bengal on the east. The western coast starts from the Rann of Kutch and ends at Kanyakumari. It is narrower than the east coast. This plain is uneven and broken by hilly terrain. It can be divided into three parts:

1) Konkan Coast - this is the northern part. It touches Maharashtra and Goa.

2) Canara coast - this is the middle part. It includes coastal plains of Karnataka.

3) Malabar coast - this is the southern part, mostly in the state of Kerala.
Bay of Bengal plains are wide and have a large surface tructure. It stretches from Mahanadi in Odisha to Cauvery elta in Tamil Nadu. These plains are formed by rivers Mahanadi, Godavari, Krishna and Cauvery and are very ertile. These coastal plains are known by different names ocally Utkal coast (Odisha) Circar coast (Andhra Pradesh) Coramandal coast (Tamil Nadu).

Like the Indo-Gangetic plains, these deltas too are agriculturally developed. Coastal zone also enables rich fishing resources. Lakes like Chilka in Odisha and Kolleru and Pulicat in Andhra Pradesh are other important features of the coastal plain.


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Answer 1

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The two coastal strips that flank the Peninsular plateau are

(i) Western Coastal Strip

(ii) Eastern Coastal Strip

The differences between these two Peninsular plateaus are stated below

Western Coastal Strip

Eastern Coastal strip

It is sandwiched between the Weterns Ghats and Arabian Sea.

It lies between the Eastern Ghats and Bay of Bengal.

It is a narrow plain.

It is little broader than the Western coastal plain.

It consists of three sections. The Northern part of the coast is called Konkan (Mumbai-Goa) coast, the central part is known as Kannad plain and the Southern stretch is called the Malabar coast.

It consists of two main sections. In the Northern part, it is referred to as the Northern Circar. In Southern part, it is known as Coromandel coast.

The rivers flowing in this region are short and fast flowing. The major Westward flowing rivers are Narmada and Tapi.

The rivers flowing in this region are much larger and broader. The major rivers which make deltas are the Mahanadi, the Godavari, the Krishna and the Kaveri.

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