The Eastern Coastal Plains refer to a wide stretch of landmass of India, lying between the Eastern Ghats and the Bay of Bengal. It stretches from Tamil Nadu in the south to West Bengal in the north. The Bay of Bengal is a sea that forms the northeastern part of the Indian Ocean. ... Tamil Nadu (தமிழ் நாடு, Land of the Tamils) is a state at the southern tip of India. ... West Bengal (পশ্চিম বঙ্গ, Pościm Bôngo) is a state in the northeast of India. ...

Deltas of many of India's rivers form a major portion of these plains. The Mahanadi, Godavari, Kaveri and Krishna rivers drain these plains. The region receives both the Northeast and Southwest monsoon rains with its annual rainfall averaging between 1,000 mm (40 in) and 3,000 mm (120 in). The width of the plains varies between 100 to 130 km (62 to 80 miles) ^[1]. Delta can signify: Δ or δ, a letter of the Greek alphabet. ... The Mahanadi River is a river of eastern India. ... The Godavari River is a major waterway in India, next to the Ganges and Indus rivers. ... The Cauvery (sometimes written as Kaveri) is one of the major rivers of southern India. ... Lord Krishna Krishna (कृष्ण, Sanskrit for black), is, according to common Hindu tradition, the eighth avatar of Vishnu. ... Monsoon in the Vindhya, a mountain chain in central India A monsoon is a periodic wind, especially in the Indian Ocean and southern Asia. ...

The plains are divided into seven regions: The Mahanadi delta; the southern Andhra Pradesh plain; the Krishna Godavari deltas; the Kanyakumari coast; Coromandel Coast and sandy littoral. This article is about the Coromandel Coast of India. ... A littoral is the region near the shoreline of a body of fresh or salt water. ...