Consider the following statements:1. The coastal area between the Eastern Ghats and the Bay of Bengal is narrower than the coastal area between the Western Ghats and the Arabian Sea.

1. The Indus rises near Mansarover in Tibet and finally falls in the Arabian Sea near Karachi. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

The coastal area between the Eastern Ghats and the Bay of Bengal is broader than the coastal area between the Western Ghats and the Arabian Sea. Between the Eastern Ghats and the Bay of Bengal the coastal strip is broader. The southern part of the plateau is formed by the Nilgiri Hills where the Eastern and Western Ghats meet. Originating in the Tibetan plateau in the vicinity of Lake Mansarovar, the Indus river runs a course through the Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir, Gilgit, Baltistan and flows through Pakistan in a southerly direction along the entire length of Pakistan to merge into the Arabian Sea near the port city of Karachi in Sindh.