Konkan coast and Coromandel Coast in India are located

SOLUTION

The correct answer is Along the Western and Eastern Ghats respectively.

• India has a coastline of 7516.6 Km [6100 km of mainland coastline + coastline of 1197 Indian islands] touching 13 States and Union Territories (UTs).
• On the basis of the location and active geomorphological processes, it can be broadly divided into two:

1. the western coastal plains;
2. the eastern coastal plains.

• Extending from the Gujarat coast in the north to the Kerala coast in the south, the western coast may be divided into following divisions – the Kachchh and Kathiawar coast in Gujarat,
  • Konkan coast in Maharashtra,
  • Goan coast and in Karnataka,
  • Malabar coast  Kerala.
  • The western coastal plains are narrow in the middle and get broader towards north and south.
  • The rivers flowing through this coastal plain do not form any delta.
  • The Malabar coast has got certain distinguishing features in the form of ‘Kayals’ (backwaters), which are used for fishing, inland navigation and also due to its special attraction for tourists.
  • Every year the famous Nehru Trophy Vallamkali (boat race) is held in Punnamada Kayal in Kerala.
• Eastern coast extends from the Subarnarekha river along the West Bengal-Odisha border to Kanyakumari.
  • This plain is known as the Northern Circars between the Mahanadi and the Krishna rivers and Carnatic/Coromandel between the Krishna and the Cauvery rivers.
  • As compared to the western coastal plain, the eastern coastal plain is broader and is an example of an emergent coast.
  • There are well developed deltas here, formed by the rivers flowing eastward in to the Bay of Bengal.
  • These include the deltas of the Mahanadi, the Godavari, the Krishna and the Kaveri.
  • Because of its emergent nature, it has less number of ports and harbours.