| 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: 2,973,190 sq km
Water: 314,400 sq km |
| Land Boundaries:
Total: 14,103 km
Border 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: 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:
- The Himalayan Rivers
- The Deccan Rivers
- The Coastal Rivers
- The Rivers of Inland Drainage Basin
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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.) |
