PHYSIOGRAPHIC DIVISION OF INDIA
COASTAL PLAINS
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Northern Circars and Coromandel Coast
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Coromandel Coast and Malabar Coast
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Gujarat Coast, Konkan Coast and Malabar Coast
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Northern Circars and Konkan Coast
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Detailed explanation-1: -It includes the states of Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu. 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.
Detailed explanation-2: -Western Coastal Plains are divided into 3 different sections. The southern part is known as Malabar Coast, the Central part of the Western Coast is known as the Karavali or Kanara. The Northern Part of the Western Coast is known as Konkan.
Detailed explanation-3: -The western coast is divided into three sections: the Konkan coast, the Kannad plains, and the Malabar coast.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Western Ghats Coastal Plain extends from Surat to Kanyakumari which is divided into four parts:The Gujarat Plain-Coastal area of Gujarat; The Konkan Plain-Between Daman and Goa; The Kannad Plain-Between Goa and Mangalore; The Malabar Plain-Between Mangalore and Kanyakumari.
Detailed explanation-5: -Malabar Coast, name long applied to the southern part of India’s western coast, approximately from the state of Goa southward, which is bordered on the east by the Western Ghats range. The name has sometimes encompassed the entire western coast of peninsular India.