The Vmdhya mountains cut rights across the country from west to east from the boundary between north and south India.
The fertile coastal plains are important because they also provide opportunities for maritime activities and trade. The western coastal plain stretches from the Gulf of Cambay in the north to Kerala in south.
The northern part is called the Konkan while the southern one is called the Malabar Coast. The rainfall in this region is very high. There are no big rivers but smaller rivers provide easy communication and irrigation.
The southern tip of the peninsula is known as Kanyakumari. To its southeast is the island of Sri Lanka, which through not an integral part, has been closely associated with India. An almost continuous chain of islands and shoals connect India with this island which has been given the name of Adam’s Bridge.