Note 16: Coastline & Major Ports in India
Indian Coastline
@ Total
length of Indian coastline including islands: 7516km(4670mile)
@ Total length
of Indian coastline in Indian mainland :6100km
@ Area under mangroves :6740 km²
(57% East coast,23% west coast, 20% Andaman &Nicobar Islands)
@ Population of Coastal States and Union Territories :560 million
@ Coast Guard
Act 1978
@ Indian
Coast Guard (ICG) celebrated its 39th raising day on February 1
@ State in which longest coastline :Gujarat(1600km)
@ State in which least coastline :Goa
@ State in
which most coastline in south india :Andrapradesh
@ Union Territories in which longest coastline
:A&N
@ Union Territories in which least coastline :Damen
and Diu
@Only south indian state has no costline : Telugana
Number of coastal States and Union Territories
Nine states
1. Gujarat 2. Maharashtra 3. Goa 4. Karnataka 5. Kerala
6. Tamil
Nadu 7. Andhra Pradesh 8. Odisha 9. West Bengal
Four Union Territories
1. Daman
& Diu 2. Puducherry 3.Lakshadweep 4,A&N
Coastal Geo
morphology (Mainland)
|
|
Sandy Beach
|
43 %
|
Rocky Coast
|
11%
|
Muddy Flats
|
36%
|
Marshy
Coast
|
10%
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