INDIAN GEOGRAPHY

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: -The plains are located between the Western Ghats and the Arabian Sea. The plains begin at Gujarat in the north and end at Tamil Nadu in the south. It includes the states of Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu.

Detailed explanation-3: -Eastern & Western are two Coastal Plains of India. The Eastern Plains consist of Utkal Coast, Andhra Coast, and Coromandel Coast. Western Coastal Plains of India consist of Kachchh and Kathiawar Coasts, Konkan Coast, Kanada Coast, and Malabar Coast.

Detailed explanation-4: -The most important characteristics of the Western Coastal Plain are sandy beaches, coastal sand-dunes, mud-flats, lagoons, alluvial tracts, estuaries, lateritic-platforms and residual hills.