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Distinguish between the western and the eastern coastal plains of India.

How to lay out the answer. Follow the frame, then write it in your own words.

  1. 1 · Say what they are. The coastal plains are flat strips of land between the Peninsular Plateau and the sea.
  2. 2 · Give their location. The western plain lies along the Arabian Sea from the Rann of Kachchh to Kanniyakumari. The eastern plain lies along the Bay of Bengal.
  3. 3 · Compare the width. The western plain is narrow, 10 to 20 km. The eastern plain is wider, about 120 km.
  4. 4 · Name the parts. Western: Konkan, Karnataka coast and Malabar. Eastern: Northern Circars and Coromandel coast.
  5. 5 · Give special features. The east has deltas of the Mahanadi, Godavari, Krishna and Kaveri and Chilika lake. The west has lagoons such as Vembanad.
  6. 6 · Link to life. Both coasts grow rice, coconut and spices and support fishing and ports.
  7. 7 · Close in one line. So the east coast is broad and full of deltas, while the west coast is narrow.

Scoring tip: Use the words narrow and wide with the widths in km, and name at least one part of each coast.