Western and Eastern coastal regions
Western Coastal Plains
- Lies between Western Ghats & Arabian sea from Gujrat in north to Kanyakumari in south
- Narrower & wetter than Eastern plains
- Divided into Malabar coast, Kannada Coast, Konkan coast, Kanyakumari Coast, Kachchh and Kathiawad peninsulas
- Kathiawar Coast → Kutch to Daman (Tapti, Narmada, Sabarmati & Mahi river deposit huge load of sediments in the Gulf of Cambay & form estuaries)
- Konkan Coast → Between Daman & Goa
- Kannada Coast → Goa to Cannanore
- Kanyakumari Coast → Cannanore to Cape Camorin
- Malabar Coast → Kannada + Kanyakumari Coast
- Important Ports → Mumbai, Marmagoa, Cochin, Mangalore, Nhava-Sheva and Kandla
- Marked with Lagoons → Ashtamudi & Vembanad called Kayals → Kerala
Eastern coastal Plains
- Lies between Eastern Ghats & Bay of Bengal from Gangetic delta in north to Kanyakumari in south
- Known as Land of Deltas viz. of Mahanadi, Krishna, Kaveri & Godavari
- Broader but drier than Western plains
- Consists of following sub coasts
- Utkal coast → Deltaic plains of Ganga to Mahanadi delta (Famous Chilka lake is located in this plain)
- Andhra Coast → Utkal plains to Pulicat lake (Contains deltas of Godavari & Krishna Rivers, & famous Kolleru lake)
- Northern Circars → Utkal Coast + Andhra Coast (Between Mahanadi & Krishna)
- Coromandal Coast → Between Krishna & Kanyakumari (Consist of Kaveri Delta)
- Freshwater Kolleru Lake → Between Godavari & Krishna
- Marked with Famous Lagoons → Chilka lake (Orissa) & Pulicat (Tamilnadu)
- Chilka Lake is the largest salt water lake in India
- It lies in the state of Odisha, to the south of the Mahanadi Delta