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30th April 2016, 11:18 AM
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| Re: Geography of India
India is the seventh biggest nation on the planet as far as territory which makes it an undeniable spot to have tremendous geological elements. It lies on the Indian Plate, a northern bit of the Indo-Australian Plate. The Indian subcontinent is encompassed by three diverse water bodies and is effortlessly unmistakable on the world guide. Land Features The nation covers a zone of around 3.28 million sq km. The terrain of India stretches out somewhere around 8°4' and 37°6' N scope and 68°7' and 97°25' E longitude. The Tropic of Cancer 23°30' N isolates India into right around two parts. The area outskirts of the nation is 15,200 km and the aggregate length of the coastline is 7,517 kilometers. Indian landmass decreases southward bringing about the division of the Indian Ocean into two water bodies - the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea. In India, there is an incredible differing qualities of landforms, for example, grandiose mountains, profound valleys, broad fields, and various islands. The Union of India is the seventh biggest nation on the planet covering a zone of 32,87,590 square kilometers and it is an imperative nation of south Asia. South Asia has an aggregate zone of around 4.488 million sq. km out of which India has the biggest territory (3.287 sq. km). It possesses 73.2 % of aggregate range. It is 4 times biggest than Pakistan which is second biggest in South Asia. India is 12 times biggest that UK and 8 times biggest than Japan. The terrain extends from scope 8o4' north to 37o6' north and from longitude 68o7' east to 97o25' east of Greenwhich. The latitudinal and longitudinal degree of the nation is practically same in degrees i.e. around 30 degrees. The southernmost point in Indian Territory, (in Great Nicobar Islands) is the Indira Point, while Kanyakumari, otherwise called Cape Comorin, is the southernmost purpose of Indian terrain. The nation along these lines lies completely in the northern and eastern sides of the equator. The 82o30' E longitude is taken as Standard Time Meridian of India, as it goes through the center of India (from Naini, close Allahabad.) Hence Naini, Near Allahabad is the Standard Time of India. The nation is of a tremendous size and measures around 3,214 kilometers from north to south and around 2,933 kilometers from west to east. Indian Standard Time:- GMT +05:30 Phone Country Code:- +91 Coastline:- 7,516.6 km incorporating the territory, Lakshadweep Islands, and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.  India Facts Territorial Sea 12 nm (nautical miles) Contiguous Zone 24 nm Exclusive economic Zone 200 nm Continental Shelf 200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin Longest River Ganga Largest Lake Lake Chilka Highest Point Mt. K2 (8611 m) Highest Point of Himalaya Kanchan Junga (8,598 m) Lowest Point Kuttanad (-2.2 m) Northernmost Point Siachen Glacier near Karakoram Southernmost Point Indira Point, Great Nicobar, Andaman & Nicobar Islands Southernmost Point of India (Mainland) Cape Comorin (Kanya Kumari) Westernmost Point West of Ghuar Mota, Gujarat Easternmost Point Kibithu, Arunachal Pradesh Highest Altitude Kanchenjunga, Sikkim Lowest Altitude Kuttanad (Kerala) |