INDIAN GEOGRAPHY

Detailed explanation-1: -A natural harbor is a landform where a section of a body of water is protected and deep enough to allow anchorage. Many such harbors are rias. Natural harbors have long been of great strategic naval and economic importance, and many great cities of the world are located on them.

Detailed explanation-2: -A natural harbor is a geographic feature which provides space and some other key benefits to watercraft. • An artificial harbor can have intentionally constructed breakwaters, sea walls, or they can be constructed by searching, which requires upkeep by further periodic dredging.

Detailed explanation-3: -A harbour is basically an area filled with water sheltered by natural barriers like land and rocks or artificial barriers like breakwaters sometimes surrounded by tetrapods, that can provide a ship with safe anchorage and allow the transfer of goods and/or passengers between the ship and the shore.

Detailed explanation-4: -The natural ports of India are: Mumbai Port, Cochin Port, Kolkota Port, Kandla Port, Paradip Fort, Visakhapatnam Port, Mormugao Port, New Mangalore Port, VO Chidambaram Port, and Port Blair.

Detailed explanation-5: -Tuticorin is a port in Tamil Nadu situated on the east coast of India. This port has a natural harbour and rich hinterland.