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Distinguish between the following: Western Coastal Plains and Eastern Coastal Plains. Give two differences between the Eastern Coastal Plains and the Western Coastal Plains. - Geography

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Distinguish between the following:

Western Coastal Plains and Eastern Coastal Plains.

Give two differences between the Eastern Coastal Plains and the Western Coastal Plains.

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Sr. No. Western Coastal Plains Eastern Coastal Plains
1.

Lies between Western ghats and the Arabian Sea.

Lies between the Eastern Ghats and the Bay of Bengal.
2. It extends from Rann of Kutch in the North to Kanyakumari in the South. It stretches along with the states of West Bengal, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, and Tamil Nadu.
3. Dotted with sandy beaches, lagoons, and estuary. Has a regular shoreline and composed of alluvial deposits.
4. It is known as Konkan plains in the North Kanara in the middle and Malabar in the South. The northern part (Mahanadhi-Krishna) called as Northern circars and the Southern part (Krishna-Kaveri) is called the Coromandal coast.
5. It is drained by the short streams which do not form deltas at sea. It is drained by several large rivers which form deltas at the coastal line.
6. It has a narrower width of spanning of 64 km in an average. It has an average width 80 km to 100 km.
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