INDIAN GEOGRAPHY

PHYSIOGRAPHIC DIVISION OF INDIA

COASTAL PLAINS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Mahanadi, Godavari and Krishna rivers form delta in which coast
A
Coromandel
B
Malabar
C
Northern Circars
D
none of above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The plain along the Eastern Coast in the Indian subcontinent is known as the Eastern Coastal Plain . The Northern Circars consist of the deltas of Mahanadi, Godavari and Krishna.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Northern Circars (also spelt Sarkars) was a division of British India’s Madras Presidency. It consisted of a narrow slip of territory lying along the western side of the Bay of Bengal from 15° 40′ to 20° 17′ north latitude, in the present-day Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Odisha.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Eastern Coastal Plains refers to a wide stretch of landmass of India, lying between the Eastern Ghats and the Bay of Bengal, It is locally known as Northern Circars in the northern part between Mahanadi and Krishna rivers and Coromandel Coast in the southern part between Krishna and Kaveri rivers.

Detailed explanation-4: -This plain is known as the Northern Circars between the Mahanadi and the Krishna rivers and Carnatic between the Krishna and the Cauvery rivers.

Detailed explanation-5: -The eastern coastal plains of India runs through the Eastern Ghats along the Bay of Bengal. The Mahanadi, Krishna, Godavari and Kaveri rivers form deltas in this region.

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