Coastal Map Of India

The peninsula is bounded by the laccadive sea (indian ocean) in the south, the arabian sea in the west, and the bay of bengal in the east. Its andaman and nicobar islands share a maritime border with thailand, myanmar and indonesia. Nine coastal states and 1,382 islands are dependent for their livelihoods on the arabian sea, bay of bengal and indian ocean, and 95 per cent of india’s trade is handled via these seas.

A physical map of india shows all the physiographic regions of the nation. Indian river map hills of peninsular india: India has a vast coastline measuring over 7,517 km.

In the north western part of the country is the thar desert region.

The indian ocean has been known by its present name since at least 1515 when the latin form oceanus orientalis indicus is attested, named for india, which projects into it. The straight and regular coastline of india is the result of faulting of the gondwanaland during the cretaceous period. The western coastal plains are along the arabian sea whereas the eastern coastal plains are located along the bay of bengal. India (22.35111 78.66774) share this map on.