Western Coastal Plains

Eastern Coastal Plains

i) Located between the Western Ghats and the Arabian Sea Coast.

i) Located between the Eastern Ghats and the Bay of Bengal Coast.

ii) Narrow plain (average width 64 km).

ii) Comparatively broader (average width 80-100 km).

iii) Drained by several short and swift streams which are unable to deltas.

iii) Big rivers like the Mahanadi, the Godavari, the Krishna and the Cauvery have formed large deltas.

iv) There are several lagoons especially in the Southern Part of this plain.

iv) Lagoons are comparatively less in this plain.

v) The Western Plains has indentured coast which supports many ports.

v) The Eastern plain has more or less a straight coast where good ports are lacking.

vi) It is a submerged coast and hence, tilting has left no scope for depositional action of the rivers.

vi) Mostly of emergent type characterised by offshore, fine sea beaches, sand ridges and lagoons.