UPSC Prelims 2017·GS1·geography·indian geography

At one of the places in India, if you stand on the seashore and watch the sea, you will find that the sea water recedes from the shore line a few kilometres and comes back to the shore, twice a day, and you can actually walk on the sea floor when the water recedes. This unique phenomenon is seen at

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  1. ABhavnagar
  2. BBheemunipatnam
  3. CChandipurCorrect
  4. DNagapattinam

Explanation

The unique phenomenon described, where sea water recedes several kilometers from the shore twice a day, allowing people to walk on the exposed seabed, is characteristic of Chandipur beach in the Baleswar district of Odisha. This is due to the extremely shallow gradient of the coastline, causing the high and low tides to manifest dramatically. The other mentioned locations do not exhibit this specific and pronounced tidal retreat phenomenon.
geography: At one of the places in India, if you stand on the seashore and watch the sea, you will find that the sea water recedes

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