Question

The wide and level plain lying in the northern part of Bay of Bengal is called the __________.

• A. Coromandel coast.
• B. Konkan coast.
• C. Malabar coast.
• D. Northern Circar.

Answer 1

Answer: (D)

• The Eastern Coastal Plains refers to a wide stretch of landmass of India, lying between the Eastern Ghats and the Bay of Bengal.
  
• It is wider and leveled than the western coastal plains and stretches from Tamil Nadu in the south to West Bengal in the north through Andhra Pradesh and Odisha.
  
• It is locally known as Northern Circars in the northern part between Mahanadi and Krishna rivers and Coromandel Coast in the southern part between Krishna and Kaveri rivers.