Indian Geography : Know Your Country
- India stretches 3,214 km from North to South and 2933 km from East to West.
- Area:- 32,87,263 sq. km. Accounts for 2.4 % of total world area and 16 % of the population
- Mainland India has a coastline of 6,100 km. Including the Lakshadweep and Andaman and Nicobar, the coastline measures about 7516. km
- In India, total land mass is
- Plains : - 43.3 %
- Plateaus :- 27.7 %
- Hills :- 18.6 %
- Mountains:- 10.7 %
- In the south, on the eastern side, the Gulf of Mannar & the Palk Strait separate India from Sri Lanka
- Total land neighbours of India are 7 . These are
- Pakistan
- Afghanistan
- China
- Nepal
- Sri Lanka
- Bhutan
- Bangladesh and
- Myanmar
- India’s Islands include the Andaman & Nicobar Islands in Bay of Bangal & Lakshadweep, Minocy & Amindive Islands in the Arabian Sea
- Highest Point is Kangchenjunga(8598mt).
- Lowest Point is Kuttanad(-2.2mt).
- Largest Lake is Chilka Lake(max depth is 4.2mt)
- On the south : Indian Ocean
- SouthWest : Arabian sea
- SouthEast : Way of Bengal
- Continent : Asia
- Region : South Asia,Indian Subcontinent
- India lies largely on the Indian plate,the northern portion of the Indo-Australian Plate.
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