Answer:
The Peninsular plateau is
flanked by stretches of narrow coastal strips running along the Arabian Sea on
the West and Bay of Bengal on the East. The Western coastal plain is located
between the Western Ghats and the Arabian ea.
It is a narrow plain consisting
of three sections
(i) The Northern part of the
coast is called the Konkan plain.
(ii) The central stretch is
called the Kannad plain.
(iii) The Southern stretch is
known as the Malabar coast. (2)
The Western coast consists of
estuaries and lagoons. This area is ideal for pisciculture. On its Northern
side there are two gulfs: the gulf of Khambhat and the gulf of Kutch. It has
many good natural harbours.
The wide levelled plain along
the Bay of Bengal is called the Eastern coastal plain. Its Northern part is
referred to as the Northern Circars. The Southern part is known as the
Coromandel coast.
This plain is dominated by thick
alluvial deposits in the deltaic tracks of the rivers flowing into the Bay of
Bengal.
Rivers like Mahanadi, Godavari,
Krishna, Kaveri, etc have formed extensive delta on this coast. (3)
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