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the basis of its location, it is divided into the
western and eastern coastal plains.
PAKISTAN Western Coastal Plain
Sutle j NORTHERN PLAIN
Th e western coastal plain extends from Rann
Gandhi Canal
Indus of Kutch in Gujarat to Kanyakumari in Tamil

Indira Bikaner Nadu. It has four divisions:
• Kutch and Kathiawar Coast in Gujarat
Jaisalmer
THE INDIAN DESER T HI L L S • Konkan Coast in Maharashtra
L I • Goan Coast in Goa and Karnataka
Jodhpur
VA • Malabar Coast in Kerala
ARA
Chamba l Th e western coast is narrow in the middle and
gets broader towards the north and south.
SOUTHERN PLA TEAUS
Th e rivers in the western coast do not form
The location of the Great Indian Desert in India
a delta.

Coastal Plains Eastern Coastal Plain

Th e Coastal Plains in India are situated parallel Th e eastern coastal plain extends along the
to the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal. On Bay of Bengal. It is broader than its western

Chambal
PAKISTAN Betwa Yamuna THE NORTHERN PLAINS
Ganga
Rann of Kutch Son BANGLADESH
Kandla
THE WESTERN
Ahmadabad
Okha COASTAL PLAINS
Narmada
Kolkata
Tapi Mahanadi
T H E S O U T H E R N Paradwip
Mumbai Godavari
Pune
EASTERN GHATS Vishakhapatnam
P L A T E A U S Northern Circar

ARABIAN Krishna BAY
OF
SEA
K o n k a n C o a s t
Panaji WESTERN GHATS BENGAL
Jog Falls
Coast Chennai
M
Kaveri
Mangalore alabar
(Mangaluru) Punducherry
NILGIRI
HILLS Coromandel ANDAMAN SEA
ANAI MUDI
2695m
Lakshadweep Kochi Rameshwaram Andaman & Nicobar
Coast
Tuticorin
Islands
Kanniyakumari
SRI
LANKA
I N D I A N O C E A N
A map showing the location of the Coastal Plains in India

delta: a triangular tract of sediment deposited at the mouth of a river, typically where it diverges into several outlets

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