GEOGRAPHY OF
INDIA
 |
| Location
of India |
Southern
Asia, bordering the Arabian Sea and the
Bay of Bengal, between Burma and
Pakistan. |
|
|
| Geographic
Co-ordinates |
20 00 N, 77
00 E |
|
|
| Area |
|
| Total |
3,287,590
sq km |
| Land |
2,973,190
sq km |
| Water |
314,400 sq
km |
| Comparative |
Slightly
more than one-third the size of the US. |
|
|
| Land
boundaries (Total) |
14,103
km. |
|
|
| Border
Shared With Countries |
| Bangladesh |
4,053 km |
| Bhutan |
605 km |
| Burma |
1,463 km |
| China |
3,380 km |
| Nepal |
1,690 km |
| Pakistan |
2,912 km |
|
|
| Coastline:
Claims and Boundaries |
| Coastline |
7,000 km |
| Maritime
claims (Contiguous zone) |
24 NM |
| Territorial
sea |
12 NM |
| Continental
shelf |
200 NM or
to the edge of the continental margin |
| Exclusive
economic zone |
200 NM |
|
|
| Climate |
Varies from
tropical monsoon in south to temperate
in north |
|
|
| Terrain |
Upland
Plain (Deccan Plateau) in South, Flat to
Rolling Plain along the Ganges, Deserts
in West, Himalayas in North. |
|
|
| Elevation
extremes |
|
| Lowest
point |
Indian
Ocean 0 m |
| Highest
point |
Kanchenjunga
8,598 m |
| Natural
resources |
Coal, Iron
Ore, Manganese, Mica, Bauxite, Titanium
Ore, Chromite, Natural Gas, Diamonds,
Petroleum, Limestone, Arable Land |
|
|
| Land use |
|
| Arable land |
54.35% |
| Permanent
crops |
2.66% |
| Other's |
42.99%
(1998 est.) |
| Irrigated
land |
590,000 sq
km (1998 est.)
|
| Natural
hazards |
Droughts,
Flash Floods, Widespread and Destructive
Flooding from Monsoonal Rains, Severe
Thunderstorms, Earthquakes. |
|
|
| Environment |
|
| Current
issues |
Deforestation,
Soil Erosion, Overgrazing,
Desertification, Air Pollution from
industrial effluents and vehicle
emissions, Water pollution from raw
sewage and runoff of agricultural
pesticides, Tap water is not potable
throughout the country, Huge and growing
population is verstraining natural
resources. |
| International
agreements |
Party
To: Antarctic-Environmental
Protocol, Antarctic-Marine Living
Resources, Antarctic Treaty,
Biodiversity, Climate Change,
Desertification, Endangered Species,
Environmental Modification, Hazardous
Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer
Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical
Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands,
Whaling.
Signed, but not ratified: none of
the selected agreements |
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