UPSC Previous Year Question | Prelims GS | 2017

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

  1. Bhavnagar
  2. Bheemunipatnam
  3. Chandipur
  4. Nagapattinam

Answer

Correct Answer

Chandipur

Explanation

Chandipur beach in Odisha is famous for this unique tidal phenomenon where the sea recedes several kilometres from the shore twice a day, allowing visitors to walk on the exposed sea floor.

Topics: chandipur tidal recession, coastal phenomena, geography, physical geography of india