India's shoreline (Indian coastline)
The straight and regular coastline of India is the result of mistake of Gondwanaland during the Cretaceous Period. {Continental drift}
Since the coast of India does not offer many sites for good natural ports.
[Indent of Europe provides coastal good natural harbors, while African and Indian coastal areas are not indented]
After the disintegration of Gondwalkar, the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea Cretaceous or during the initial tertiary period.
India's coastline - Indian coastline
East coast of india
It extends from Ganges Delta to Kanyakumari.
It is marked by the delta of rivers like Mahanadi, Godavari, Krishna and Kaveri.
Lake Chilka and Lake Pulicat (Lagoon) are important geographical features of the East Coast.
Regional names of India's eastern coast
In Orissa (Odisha) it is known as Utkal Coast.
Extend the Andhra coast, from the southern boundary of the Utkal plain.
The Tamil Nadu coast is on the south side of the Andhra Plain.
The parts of the Tamil Nadu coast and Andhra coast together at the Coromandel Coast or Piyan Ghat [in the AP (Krishna River Delta) in the north, the false Devi Point is known to Kanyakumari in the north.].
West coast of india
West Coast Patti is extending from the Gulf of Kambai (Gulf of Khambhat) in the north of Cape Comorin (Kanniyakumari).From north to south, it is divided into (i) kokan coast, (ii) Karnataka coast and (iii) Kerala cost.
It is composed of aluminum produced by small streams originating from the Western Ghats.
It is spread in large numbers with a dove (a very small bay), a bay (a narrow, sheltered waterway such as an inlet in the shoreline or channel in Marsh) and with some estimates. {Sea landform}
Estimates of Narmada and Tapi are prominent.
The Kerala coast (Malabar coast) has some lakes, lagoons and backwater, which is the largest Vembanad lake.
Regional names of the western coast of India
Konkan coast == Maharashtra coast and Goa coast;
Malabar Coast == Kerala and Karnataka coast.
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