The Eastern Coastal Plains of India are much wider and drier than the west. A number of deltas also occur on the East Coast, but none on the West Coast. In Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh the East Coast is called Payan Ghat. It extends from Cape Comorin northwards to the united deltas of the Krishna … [Read more...]

This article discusses the geographical and physical features of South India. Southern India is a peninsula. It is triangular in shape and is made up of very old residual hills, old plateaus, plain and a comparatively young lava plateau. To its north are the Vindhya. Satpura, Maikal and Mahadeo … [Read more...]

The two coastal plains of India are: The Eastern Coastal Plain, and The Western Coastal Plain A comparative analysis of the two coastal plains of India are given below: The EASTERN COASTAL PLAIN is extending from the mouth of the river Subarnarekha to Kanyakumari. The WESTERN COASTAL … [Read more...]

The differences between the Western Ghats and Eastern Ghats of India can be summarized as follows : 1. Direction: Western Ghats runs parallel to the western coast in a north-south direction from the Tapi River to Kanayakumari. But Eastern Ghats runs in a north-east to south-west direction … [Read more...]

The Great Indian Desert (also Thar Desert, Rajasthan plains) extends through the Jaisalmer, Bikanir, Jodhpur, Barmer districts of India and Khairpur, Bahawalpur districts of Pakistan. The area of the Great Indian Desert is more than two lakh square kilometers. Located to the south-west of north … [Read more...]