3.5.2. Eastern Coastal Plains

The eastern coastal plain is broader, leveled and is an example of an emergent coast. These plains are formed by the alluvial fillings. The monotony of plains is broken by the numerous hills. In the northern part, it is referred to as the Northern Circar, while the southern part is known as the Coromandal Coast. There are well developed deltas here, formed by rivers Mahanadi, Krishna, Godavari, Kaveri etc.Lakes such as Chilika, Pulicat, and Kolluru are the famous lagoons of this plain. Because of its emergent nature, it has less number of ports and harbours. The continental shelf extends up to 500 km into the sea, which makes it difficult for the development of good ports and harbours. Paradip, Visakhapatnam, Ennor, Chennai, Tuticorin are important ports along eastern coast. Rice is the intensively grown here.