Coastal Plains Flashcards
WC is ______ coast and EC is ______ coast
WC is submergent Coast, EC is emergent coast
WC has _____ coastal plains and EC has _____ coastal plains
WC has Narrow and EC has Broad coastal plains
WC has _____ continental shelf and EC has ______ continental shelf in India (an anamoly)
WC has broad and EC has narrow continental shelf
WC has _____ landforms and EC has ______ landforms
WC has depositional and EC has erosional landforms
Rainfall in WC and EC?
WC = 200cm EC = 50 cm
Soil in WC and EC
WC = laterite + alluvial EC= laterite
Parts of WC are
- Gujarat- Rann of Kutch, Kathiawar Peninsula- suarashtra
- Konkan Coast = Daman to Marmagao
- Canara Coast = Marmagao to new mangalore
- Malabar Coast = New mangalore to kanyakumari
Highest point of Kathiawar
Girnar, also called Mandav Hills
Agriculture in Kathiawar
Groundnut, Cotton, Tobacco
Major ports of Konkan
Mumbai, JNPT, Marmagoa
Agriculture in Konkan
Mangoes
Agriculture in Canara
Coconut
Imp port of Canara
Mangalore Port
Only emergent part in WC, making it an anamoly, is
Malabar coast
Parts of EC
- Coromandel Coast- Tamil Nadu = kanyakumari to pulikat
- Andhra Coast = from pulikat to kolleru lake
- Odisha Coast/ Utkal plains = C=Korellu to chilka
- Sunderban Delta