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A map of the erstwhile Malabar District in 1951. Malabar District, a part of the ancient Malabar (or Malabar Coast) was a part of the British East India Company-controlled state. It included the northern half of the state of Kerala and the islands of Lakshadweep. [50] Kozhikode is considered as the capital of Malabar. The area was divided into ...
A 1652 Map of India (Malabar is highlighted separately on the right side) A 1744 map of Malabar Coast The district lay between the Arabian Sea on the west, South Canara District on the north, the Western Ghats (the princely states of Coorg and Mysore , and Nilgiris and Coimbatore districts) to the east, and the princely state of Cochin to the ...
For a detailed map of all disputed regions in South Asia, see Image:India disputed areas map.svg Internal borders The borders of the state of Meghalaya, Assam and Arunachal Pradesh are shown as interpreted from the North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) Act, 1971, but has yet to be verified.
Annual rainfall in this region averages between 1,000 and 3,000 mm (39 and 118 in). The width of the plains varies between 100 and 130 km (62 and 81 mi). [32] The plains are divided into six regions—the Mahanadi delta, the southern Andhra Pradesh plain, the Krishna-Godavari deltas, the Kanyakumari coast, the Coromandel Coast, and sandy coastal.
The plains are broadly divided into six subdivisions–Kutch and Kathiawar along with the Gujarat Plains in the north, Konkan Coast and Canara in the center, and Malabar in the south. Due to the presence of Western Ghats, which blocks the rain-bearing winds, the region from the south of Gujarat experiences heavy rainfall during the monsoons .
These varying definitions are not generally reflected in the map of Asia as a whole; for example, Egypt is typically included in the Middle East, but not in Asia, even though the bulk of the Middle East is in Asia. The demarcation between Asia and Africa is the Suez Canal, the Gulf of Suez, the Red Sea, and the Bab-el-Mandeb.
Lower Gangetic Plains moist deciduous forests: Bangladesh, India: Luang Prabang montane rain forests: Laos: Luzon montane rain forests: Philippines: Luzon rain forests: Philippines: Malabar Coast moist forests: India: Maldives–Lakshadweep–Chagos Archipelago tropical moist forests: British Indian Ocean Territory, India, Maldives: Meghalaya ...
Category: Plains of Asia by country. ... Plains of Saudi Arabia (1 P) Plains of Syria (1 C, 6 P) T. Plains of Taiwan (4 P) U. Plains of the United Arab Emirates (2 P)