INDIAN GEOGRAPHY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Northern part of the coast is called the Konkan (Mumbai-Goa) whereas the central stretch is called the Kanara, while the southern stretch is referred to as the Malabar Coast .

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -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. The plain stretches from the Daman Ganga River, North of Mumbai, to the Terekhol River, between the states of Maharashtra and Goa, and the union territory of Daman in the South.

Detailed explanation-4: -The stretch covering the coasts of Maharashtra and Goa is called the Konkan Coast.

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.