India: General Facts
India: Geographical Extremes
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SL.
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Feature
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Description
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1.
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Area
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3.28 million
, which is 2.4% of
the world’s total area
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2.
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Length (N-S)
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3214kms
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3.
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Width(E-W)
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2933kms
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4.
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Length of Land Frontier
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15200kms
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5.
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Length of Coast Line
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7516.6kms
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6.
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Latitudinal Extent (mainland)
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4’ N to
6’ N
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7.
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Longitudinal Extent
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7’E to
25’ E
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8.
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Southern- most Point of Indian Mainland
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4 N, known as
Kanyakumari or Cape Camorin
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9.
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Southern-most Point of India
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N, known as Indira point
or Pugmallion point in Great Nicobar
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10.
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Highest Peak
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Mt. K-2 known as Godwin Austin or Qagir
(8611m)
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11.
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Highest Dam
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Fehri Jharkhand
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12.
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Highest waterfall
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Jog (Gersoppa) falls on river Saravati
in Karnataka.
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13.
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Longest River
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Ganga (2510kms)
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14.
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Longest Dam
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Hirakud on Mahanadi river in Orissa
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15.
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Longest Coast Line
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Gujarat coast followed by Andhra coast
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16.
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Longest Canal
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Indira Gandhi canal also called
Rajasthan canal
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17.
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Longest Beach
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Marine beach in Chennai
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18.
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Coldest Place
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Drass in J& K (
C)
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19.
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Hottest place
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Briyawali in Bikaner district of
Rajasthan (
C)
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20.
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Wettest Place
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Mawsynram in Megghalaya (1220 cms/year)
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21.
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Largest Plateau
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Deccan plateau
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22.
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Largest riverine Island
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Majuliisland in river Brahmaputra in
Assam
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23.
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Indian Standard Meridian
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E longitude, which passes through Naini near
Allahabad
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24.
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Tropic of Cancer
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N latitude, which passes through 8 states:
viz. Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chattisgarh, Jharkhand, West Bengal,
Tripura & Mizoram.
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25.
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Active Volcano
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Barren Island in Andaman and Nicobar
Islands
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Do You Know?
·
Puducherry was a French colony ,
before it was included in India.
·
Union Territory of Puducherry
consisits of 4 districts:
1. Puducherry: it is surrounded by
Tamil Nadu.
2. Karaikal: it is surrounded by
Tamil Nadu.
3. Mahe: it is surrounded by Kerala.
4. Yanam: it is surrounded by Andhra
Pradesh.
·
India touches seven frontier viz.
Pakistan, Afganistan, China, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar & Bangladesh.
·
UP touches (maximum) 8 States viz.
Uttarakhand, himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh,
Vhhatisgarh, Jharkhand and Bihar. Assam touches 7 states whereas
Maharashtra and Chhatisgarh each share boundaries with 6 states.
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