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The average width of the plains vary between 50–100 km (31–62 mi). It traverses the states of Gujarat, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala and the union territories of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, and Puducherry . [3] [4] It is narrower than the Eastern Coastal Plains and both the coastal plains meet at Kaniyakumari. [5]
Coastal Development Authority is a government body of State Government of Karnataka. Its headquarters is situated in Mangalore , Karnataka . The authority works to develop of the three coastal districts of Karnataka named Dakshina Kannada , Udupi and Uttara Kannada .
Coastal Karnataka forms the northern segment of the Malabar coast. [14] Kanara constitutes an area of about 10,000 square kilometres (4,000 square miles). [15] It is bounded by Konkan to the north, the Western Ghats to the east, the Kerala Plains to the south, and the Arabian Sea to the west. [16]
Topographic map of Karnataka. Western Ghats are parallel to the coast. The Indian State of Karnataka is located between 11°30' North and 18°30' North latitudes and between 74° East and 78°30' East longitude.It is situated on a tableland where the Western Ghats and Eastern Ghats converge into the complex, in the western part of the Deccan Peninsular region of India.
The southern Indian state of Karnataka consists of 31 districts grouped into 4 administrative divisions, viz., Belagavi, Bengaluru , Gulbarga, and Mysore.Geographically, the state has three principal variants: the western coastal stretch, the hilly belt comprising the Western Ghats, and the plains, comprising the plains of the Deccan plateau.
Coastal India is a geo-cultural region in the Indian subcontinent that spans the entire coastline of India. [ 1 ] Indian total coastline is estimated to 11,098 km. [ 2 ]
It is over 525 miles or 845 kilometers long. It spans from the south-western coast of Maharashtra and goes along the coastal region of Goa, through the entire western coast of Karnataka and Kerala and reaches till Kanyakumari. It is flanked by the Arabian Sea on the west and the Western Ghats on the east.
The coastal region of Karavali and Tulu Nadu; The hilly Malenadu region comprising the Western Ghats; The Bayaluseeme region comprising the plains of the Deccan Plateau; The bulk of the state is in the Bayaluseeme region, the northern part of which is the second-largest arid region in India. [64]