PHYSIOGRAPHIC DIVISION OF INDIA
COASTAL PLAINS
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Question
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Malabar
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Gujarat
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Konkan
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Coromandel
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Konkan is a coastal plain located in western India. It lies between the Arabian Sea to the West and the Western Ghats to its East.
Detailed explanation-2: -Lighthouses were made from a variety of materials including wood, stone, brick, reinforced concrete, iron, steel, and even aluminum and fiberglass. Lighthouses were built on land, in the water, on islands, on top of ledges and cliffs, on breakwaters and piers, on caissons, and at least five are on fort walls.
Detailed explanation-3: -If there is no lighthouse in the Konkan coast then the ships are diverted to the Malabar coast or Gujarat coast.
Detailed explanation-4: -The first known lighthouse was the Pharos of Alexandria, Egypt. Ptolemy I and his son Ptolemy II constructed it between 300 and 280 B.C. It stood about 450 feet high.