the coastal plains and islands

the coastal plains and islands

• the eastern costal plains lie between the eastern ghats and the bay of bengal.the eastern costal plains stretch from west bengal in the north to kanyakumari in the south many light houses are built along the coast to guide ships the states located in the estaern coastal region are west bengal,odisha,andhra pradesh and tamil nadu.the rivers that flow through this region are mahandi.godavari,krishna and kaveri.These rivers form deltas before falling into the Bay of Bengal

• The Western Coastal plains lie between the western ghats and the Arabian sea.It stretches fromGujarat in the north to kanyakumari in the south.The states located in the Western coastal region are Gujarat,maharashtra,goa,karnataka and kerla.Narmada and Tapi important rivers in this region which fall into the Arabian sea.The meain occupations of the people in the coastal region are fishing and farming.They grow tabacco,rice,coffee sugarcane.cloves.spice cashwes-nuts and coconuts