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The Eastern Coastal Plain and Western Coastal Plain.
| Eastern Coastal Plain | Western Coastal Plain |
| 1. It streches from the mouth of the river Ganga to Kanyakumari. | It stretches from Kutch to Kanyakumari. |
| 2. It lies between the Eastern Ghats and the Bay of Bengal. | It lies between the Western Ghats and the Arabian Sea. |
| 3. It is broader. | It is narrower. |
| 4. It is covered by the Deltas of the rivers Mahanadi, Godavari, Krishna and the Kaveri. | There are no deltas as the rivers flow fast down towards the Ghats. |
| 5. More land is available for agriculture. | Less land is available for agriculture. |
| 6. The deltas are not suitable for harbours as their mouths are always blocked by silt. | The coast is highly indented and hence dotted with many ports like Mumbai, Marmagoa and Cochin. |
| 7. It is known as the Northern Circars in the north of the delta of Godavari and the Coromandel Coast to the south of the delta. | West Coast is known as the Konkan coast in Maharashtra, the Kanara coast in Karnataka and the Malabar coast in Kerala. |
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