INDIAN GEOGRAPHY

PHYSIOGRAPHIC DIVISION OF INDIA

COASTAL PLAINS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The southern part of eastern coastal plains is called the ____ coast.
A
Northern Cicars
B
Coromandel
C
Gulf of Kutch
D
none of above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The northern part of the Eastern Coast is referred to as Northern Circar while the southern part is called Coromandel Coast. The Coromandel Coast is the southeastern coastal region of the Indian subcontinent, while the Northern Circars are a narrow slip of territory lying along the western side of the Bay of Bengal.

Detailed explanation-2: -Coromandel Coast, broad coastal plain in eastern Tamil Nadu state, southern India. Extending over an area of about 8, 800 square miles (22, 800 square km), it is bounded by the Utkal Plains to the north, the Bay of Bengal to the east, the Kaveri delta to the south, and the Eastern Ghats to the west.

Detailed explanation-3: -In historical Muslim sources from the 12th century onward, the Coromandel Coast was called Maʿbar.

Detailed explanation-4: -Definition. The Coromandel Coast is the southern part of India’s east coast, commonly used to refer to the whole coastline from Kanyakumari to the Krishna river delta.

Detailed explanation-5: -The region consists of three sections: the Northern part of the coast is called the Konkan (Mumbai to Goa), the central stretch is called the Kanara or the “Karavali", while the southern stretch is referred to as the Malabar Coast.

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