Geography of India in Brief

Geography of India


           Indian lies on the Indian plate, the northern part of the Indo - Australian plate, whose continental crust forms the Indian subcontinent. Which consists 91% land, 9% water. Highest point Kangchenjunga (28169 ft) in the state of Sikkim. Lowest point Kuttanad (- 7.2 ft). Longest river Ganga ( or Ganges 8284121 ft) and Brahmaputra river occupies most northern, central and eastern India. Largest Lake Wular Lake 30 to 260 square kilometers.

           India have the Arabian Sea on the west, the Lakshadweep Sea to the southwest, the Bay of Bengal on the east, the Indian Ocean to the South. The Palk Strait and Gulf of Mannar saperates India from Sri Lanka.

           India's the Maldives are some 125 km to the South, Lakshadweep Islands across the Right Degree Channel from main land, Andaman and Nicobar Islands some 1200 km southeast. Share Maritime boarders with Mayanmar, Thailand and Indonesia, Kanyakumari at southermost tip of mailland. And India's territoral waters extend into the sea to a distance of 12 nautical miles from the baseline.

            At the northern frontiers, the Himalayan mountain range. The Karakoram range, the Punjab plains, the That Desert and the Rann of Kutch Salt marshes at Western border. The China Hills and Kachin Hills, deeply forested  mountains in the far northeast regions. On the east, the Khasi Hills and Mizo Hills, and the watershed region of the Indo - Gangetic Plain.

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