CBSE Class 9 Answered
Eastern Coastal Plains |
Western Coastal Plains |
It lies between the Eastern Ghats and the Bay of Bengal. |
It lies between the lies in between the Western Ghats and the Arabian Sea |
It is divided into two stretches- Northern Circar(northern part) and Coromandel Coast(southern part)
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It is divided into three stretches- Konkan(Mumbai-Goa),Kannad(central stretch) and Malabar(southern stretch). |
The large rivers make wide deltas on the Eastern Coastal Plains. |
the short rivers do not make any deltas on the West Coast |
The East Coast Plain is formed by fine alluvial soil and is fertile especially in the deltaic regions. |
The West Coast Plain is formed by coarse grained soil. It is infertile and agriculturally not prosperous except in the Malabar Coast. |