Coastal Plains

Coastal Plains                  The Western Coastal Plains is a thin strip of coastal plain 50 kilometres (31 mi)in width between the west coast of India and the Western Ghats hills which starts near the south of river Tapi.  They are sandwiched between the Western Ghats and the Arabian  Sea. The plains begin at Gujarat in the north and end at Kerala in the south .  It also includes the states of Maharashtra, Goa and Karnataka.  It consists of three sections.  The Northern  part of the coast is called the konkan while the southern stretch is referred to as the Malabar Coast.  On its northern side there are two gulfs: the gulf of khambat and the gult of Kachch.                The Eastern Coastal Plains refer to a wide stretch of landmass of India, lying between the Eastern Ghats and the Bay of Bengal .It stretches from Tamil Nadu in the south to West Bengal in the north . Deltas of many of India’s rivers form a major portion of these plains. The Mahanadi, Godavari , Kaveri and Krishna rivers drain these plains . The region receives both the Northeast and Southwest monsoon rains with its annual rainfall averaging  between 1,000 mm and 3,000 mm.  The width of the plains varies between 100 to 130 km.  It is locally known as Northern Circars between Mahanadi and Krishna rivers and Carnatic between krishna and Kaveri ruivers.