Location – Southern Asia, bordering the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal, between Burma and Pakistan |
Geographic coordinates: Latitudes: 8o 4′ N and 37o 6′ Longitudes: 68o 7′ E and 97o 25′ |
Map references: Asia |
Area: Total: 3,287,590 sq km |
Land Boundaries: Total: 14,103 km |
Coastline: 7000 km |
Maritime Claims: contiguous zone: 24 NM Continental Shelf: 200 NM or to the edge of the continental margin Exclusive Economic Zone: 200 NM Territorial Sea: 12 NM |
Climate: varies from tropical monsoon in south to temperate in north |
Upland plain (Deccan Plateau) in south, flat to rolling plain along the Ganges, deserts in west, Himalayas in the north. |
Elevation Extremes: Lowest Point: Indian Ocean 0 m Highest Point: Kanchenjunga 8,598 m |
Rivers of India The rivers of India may be classified as follows:
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Natural Resources coal (fourth-largest reserves in the world), iron ore, manganese, mica, bauxite, titanium ore, chromite, natural gas, diamonds, petroleum, limestone, arable land. |
Arable land: 56% Permanent crops: 1% Permanent pastures: 4% Forests and woodland: 23% Other: 16% (1993 est.) 535,100 sq km (1995/96 est.) |
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