GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION

This part of the coast extend from Kuppam at north and Uttandi at south having the Golden beach, Crocodile Park, Muttukadu Boating club, Kovalam beach are all located in their stretch

PHYSIOGRAPHY

The sandy beach with beach sands rises slightly higher in the stretch.

GEOLOGY

The geological formations are beach sands at Quaternary and recent periods. Cuddalore sandstone of Mio- Pliocene age, shoals and sand stone of upper Gondwanas and Chornockites of Archaean era.

GEOMORPHOLOGY

The area is a vast coastal plain characterised by several strandlines, lagoon, mangroves, salt marsh, estuaries, creek , barred dunes, spits, beach terraces etc. The ground water occur under water table conditions the major water bearing formation being the coastal sands.

NATURAL RESOURCES

In many places the water in the coastal areas is brackish in nature due to the presence of Buckingham canal running parallel to the coast.The linear but discontinuous zones of silica sands deposit occur at north of Mamallapuram

HUMAN SETTLEMENTS

The stretch comprise Chennai district of saidapet and Chengalpattu taluk.

TOURISM

Pulicat is a beautiful spot on the east coast lying north of Madras.

There are facilities for swimming and fishing.

It was a site of old Dutch Settlement.

INDUSTRIES

The coastal area in Tiruvallur predominantly contains a number of a small and heavy industries mixed with residential zones. Tiruvottiyur is exposed to large sea erosion due to tidal waves during monsoon. In Eravanoor and Kathivakkam a number of big industries manufacturing fertilizers and automobiles have come up. There is large number of industries like Petrochemical, Fertilizer and Refinery situated in and around Manali area.

CLIMATE

The climate of this stretch is temperate; neither extreme heat nor extreme cold but humidity is considerable.Both the monsoon occurs here and in summer heat is considerably mitigated in the coastal area by sea breeze.During April and May the temperature may go upto 40° and during winter the temperature does not fall below 18° c. The annual rainfall is around 1200mm.Their entire coast is affected by Gales and cyclones during North East Monsoon.