Coastal Plains

The Penninsular plateaus are boarded on the east and west by the coastal plains.

There are two penninsulas, Kathiawar and Kuchchh, on the western coast and an extensive plain of Gujarat

The east coast has a number of  deltas, namely the Mahanadi, the Godavari, the Krishna and theKaveri deltas

The western coast has no deltas

The west coast is more or less straight and east coast is curved

The west coast has sufficient rainfall and no sand dunes while the eastern coastal plain deficient in rain and contains shifting sand dunes

In Andra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu the east coast is known as Payan Ghat ( Coramandal Coast)

The coastal tract of Orissa is known as the Utkal plain

There are two large lagoons in the east coast - the Pulicat to the north of Chennai and the Chilka to the south of Puri

The coastal plain in Maharashtra is known as the Konkan, in Karnataka the Kanara plain and in Kerala the Malabar plain

The Malabar coast has a number of back waters, known locally as the 'Kayals'

Except the gulf of Mannar and the mouth of Ganga, the continental shelves of Bay of Bengal are narrower than that of Araban sea

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