Western Coastal Plains
The Western Coastal Plains is a strip of coastal plain 50 kilometres (31 mi) in width between the west coast of
global warming
.
The northern portion of the west coast is called Konkan and the southern portion Malabar. The south Malabar or Kerala coast is broken and there are some lagoons. The north Malabar Coast is known as the Karnataka coast. Here, the Sharavati River, before entering the plains, descends down a 275 m high cliff and forms the
Gersoppa Falls
.
The Western Coastal Plains extend 1,500 km from
Cape Comorin (Tamil Nadu) in the south to Surat
(Gujarat) in north, the width ranging from 10 to 25 km from north to south, the Gujarat Plains the Konkan plains (Daman to Goa, 500 km), the Karnataka coastal plains (225 km south from Goa), and the Kerala-Tamil nadu coastal plains from Cannanore to Cape Comorin, 500 km make up the west coastal plains. The West Continental shelf is widest (350 km) off the coast of Bombay where the oil-rich Bombay High has become famous .
See also
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