Indian Geography

Location:
Southern Asia, bordering the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal, between Burma and Pakistan

Geographic coordinates:
20 00 N, 77 00 E

Map reference:
Asia Map


Area:
Slightly more than one-third the size of the US
Total: 3,287,590 sq km
Land: 2,973,190 sq km
Water: 314,400 sq km

Boundaries:
Bangladesh 4,053 km,
Bhutan 605 km,
Burma 1,463 km,
China 3,380 km,
Nepal 1,690 km,
Pakistan 2,912 km
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Total: 14,103 km

Coastline:
7000 km

Maritime claims:
Territorial sea: 12 nm
Contiguous zone: 24 nm
Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
Continental shelf: 200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin

(* nm means ' nautical miles ' )

Climate:
Varies from tropical monsoon in south to temperate in north

Elevation extremes:
Lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
Highest point: Kanchenjunga 8,598 m

Natural resources available:
Coal (4th largest reserves in the world),
Iron ore,
Manganese,
Mica,
Bauxite,
Titanium ore,
Chromite,
Natural gas,
Diamonds,
Petroleum,
Limestone,
Arable land etc.,

Land Usage:
arable land: 48.83%
permanent crops: 2.8%
other: 48.37% (2005)

Irrigated land:
558,080 sq km (2003)

Total renewable water resources:
1,907.8 cu km (1999)

Freshwater withdrawal:
total: 645.84 cu km/yr (8%/5%/86%)
per capita: 585 cu m/yr (2000)

Natural hazards:
Droughts, floods, earth-quakes etc.,

Environmental International Agreements:
party to: Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, 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


Totally, India dominates as South Asian subcontinent;
near important Indian Ocean trade routes;
Kanchenjunga, third tallest mountain in the world, lies on the border with Nepal...


---Thats my great India---
Chaitanya