NCERT Class 4 Social Science Solutions the Coastal Plains and Islands Part 2 (For CBSE, ICSE, IAS, NET, NRA 2022)
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Match the following
| List I | List II |
| Haldia | Orissa |
| Kandla | Maharashtra |
| Ennore | West Bengal |
| Paradeep | Tamil Nadu |
| Jawaharlal Nehru port | Gujarat |
Ans:
| List I | List II |
| Haldia | West Bengal |
| Kandla | Gujarat |
| Ennore | Tamil Nadu |
| Paradeep | Orissa |
| Jawaharlal Nehru port | Maharashtra |
Short Answer:
Q 1. What are Lagoons? In which part of the coastal regions lagoons are found?
Answer:
- When the sand bars in the coasts enclose water, they form lakes called lagoons.
- These lagoons are also called backwaters.
- Lagoons are found in the Malabar Coast of the Western Coastal Plains.
Q 2. What difference do you observe between the eastern and Western coast of India?
Answer:
- Differences between the eastern and Western coastal plains are
- The Western coastal plain is narrow and the Eastern coastal plain is broad.
- The rivers on the eastern coastal plain form delta.
Q 3. Name the parts of the eastern Coastal plains and western Coastal Plains. Describe the part where the biggest port of India is located?
Answer:
- Parts of the Eastern Coastal Plains are
- Northern Circars
- Coromondal Coast
- Parts of the Western Coastal Plains are
- Gujarat Coast
- Konkan Coast
- Malabar Coast
- The biggest sea port of India is Mumbai.
- Mumbai port is located on the Konkan Coast.
- The Konkan Coast extends from Gujarat coast up to Goa.
- It is a very narrow plain with rocky uneven surface. Light houses have been built along the coast warning ships for the hidden rock below the water.
- Light houses are towers in or near the sea sending out beams of light for guiding the ships.
- Ships from all over the world come to Mumbai.
- Mumbai High which is famous for oil and natural gas is located off this coast.