Goa
It is Goa where you can have a vacation of a lifetime. Goa is a lush green
paradise edged on the one side by the wooden foothills of the Sahyadri range
and on the other by the Arabian Sea. Goa, a tiny emerald land on the West
Coast of India, with its natural scenic beauty, attractive beaches and temples
famous for its architecture, feasts and festivals and above all hospitable
people with a rich cultural milieu, has an ideal tourist profile.
North Goa is known and loved as a land of golden beaches, palm trees, paddy
fields and wooded hills. Its churches, temples, shrines and forts tell its
history. It is associated with music, the famous Goan cuisine and most of
all with a peace-loving , smiling people.
Location
The North Goa District has an area of 1736 Sq. Km. Its geographical position
is marked by 15o 48 00 N to 14o 53 54 N latitudes
and 73o E to 75o E longitudes.
North Goa shares its boundaries with the Sawantwadi & Dodamarg, of
Ratnagiri District and Kolhapur District of Maharastra state and with South
Goa District shares the southern boundary
Physical Features
North Goa being a part of the West Coast region of India, has many physical
features that are common to neighbouring regions of Maharastra and Karnataka
States.
But the features that land the landscape and scenery of Goa a distinctive
charm of their own, are the Sahyadris in the east. The middle level plateaus
in the center with their detached elements abutting in several places into
the sea, and the low-lying river basins and the coastal plains
Lakes
Lakes constitute a scenic feature in Goa, though most of them have a limited
and local use for irrigation. Most of them owe their origins to the bunds
across stream valleys, large and small, and also on plateau margins and
in alluvial flats.
The important lakes of North Goa are Mayem, Chimbel, Carambolim & Calapur.
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