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The Eastern Coastal Plain and Western Coastal Plain.
| Eastern Coastal Plain | Western Coastal Plain |
| 1. It streches from the mouth of the river Ganga to Kanyakumari. | It stretches from Kutch to Kanyakumari. |
| 2. It lies between the Eastern Ghats and the Bay of Bengal. | It lies between the Western Ghats and the Arabian Sea. |
| 3. It is broader. | It is narrower. |
| 4. It is covered by the Deltas of the rivers Mahanadi, Godavari, Krishna and the Kaveri. | There are no deltas as the rivers flow fast down towards the Ghats. |
| 5. More land is available for agriculture. | Less land is available for agriculture. |
| 6. The deltas are not suitable for harbours as their mouths are always blocked by silt. | The coast is highly indented and hence dotted with many ports like Mumbai, Marmagoa and Cochin. |
| 7. It is known as the Northern Circars in the north of the delta of Godavari and the Coromandel Coast to the south of the delta. | West Coast is known as the Konkan coast in Maharashtra, the Kanara coast in Karnataka and the Malabar coast in Kerala. |
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(a) Shade and label the Satpura Range.
(b) Label the River Krishna.
(c) Label the River Ravi.
(d) Shade and label the Khasi Hills.
(e) Mark with arrows the direction of the North-East Monsoon winds over the Bay of Bengal.
(f) Mark and label the Malabar coast.
(g) Shade and label an area of Laterite soil in India.
(h) Shade and label an area of Limestone in India.