Coastal Plains and Islands
The Western and Eastern coasts and the Lakshadweep and Andaman & Nicobar islands.
Key Questions
- 1How do the Konkan and Malabar coasts differ?
- 2What is the origin of the Lakshadweep islands?
- 3Why are the Andaman and Nicobar islands strategically important?
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