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• Critical thinking
• Information literacy
• AIL
21st CENTURY SKILLS
• Environmental Literacy

6 India—The Coastal Competencies

Plains and Islands
C-1.1, C-4.2, C-5.3

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The Deccan Plateau of India is surrounded

by narrow coastal plains. They extend from
the Rann of Kachchh in the west up to West
Bengal in the east. The area between the

Western Ghats and the Arabian Sea is called

the Western Coastal Plain. The area between
the Eastern Ghats and the Bay of Bengal is
called the Eastern Coastal Plain. These two

coastal plains meet at Kanniyakumari. India – Coastal Plains

The Western Coastal Plain

The Western Coastal Plain extends from the Rann of Kachchh in Gujarat to
Kerala in the south. The average width is about 65 kilometres.

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