Kasaragod district lies between 110-18’
and 120-48’ north
latitudes and between 740-52’
and 750-26, east
longitudes. The district is marked off from the adjoining areas outside
the state by the Westren Ghats which run parallel to the sea and
constitute an almost continous mountain wall on the eastern side. The
Ghats dominate the topography. The coastline is fringed with low cliffs
alternating with stretches of sand . A few miles to the interior, the
scene changes and the sand level rises towards the barrier of the Ghats
and transforms into low red laterite hills interspersed with paddy
fields and coconut gardens.
The district is bounded in the east
by the Westen ghats, in the west by the Arabian Sea, In the north by the
Canara district of Karnataka and in the south by the Kannur district.
Based on the physical featurtes ,
the district falls into three natural divisions – the lowland
boardering the sea, the midland coastings of the undulating country and
the forest - clad highland
on the extreme east.
