a beautiful hill resort situated on the Palani Hills. . The Eastern Ghats Eastern Ghats run from southwest to northeast form the eastern edge of this Plateau. This range is also called as Poorvadri.
The Eastern Ghats join the Western Ghats at the Nilgiri hills, bordering Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. The Eastern Ghats are not continuous like the Western Ghats. The rivers of Mahanadi, Godavari, Krishna, Pennar and Kaveri have dissected this range at many places. The Coastal Plains The Peninsula Plateau of India is flanked by narrow coastal plains of varied width from north to south.
They were formed by the depositional action of the rivers and the erosional and depositional actions of the sea- waves. The Indian coastal plains are divided into the following two divisions: ) The Western Coastal Plains ) The Eastern Coastal Plains. . The Western Coastal Plain It lies between the Western Ghats and the Arabian Sea.
It extends from Rann of Kutch in the north to Kanniyakumari in the south and its width varies from to km. It is mainly characterised by sandy beaches, coastal sand dunes, mud flats, lagoons, estuary, laterite platforms and residual hills. The northern part of the West Coastal Plain is known as Konkan Plain. The middle part of this plain is known as Kanara.
The southern part of the plain is known as Malabar coast which is about km long and - km wide. This part of the coast is characterized by sand dunes. Along the coast, there are numerous shallow lagoons and backwaters called Kayals and Teris . Vembanad is a famous backwater lake found in this region.
. The Eastern Coastal Plain It lies between the Eastern Ghats and the Bay of Bengal and stretches along the states of West Bengal, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. These plains are formed by the alluvial fillings of the littoral zone by the east flowing rivers of India. The coastal plain consists mainly of the recent alluvial deposits.
This coastal plain has a regular shoreline with well-defined beaches. The coastal plain between Mahanadi and Krishna