| Geography of India |
Size:
Total land area in India - 2,973,190 square kilometers. Total
area, including territorial seas, claimed is 3,287,590 square
kilometers.
Topography of India:
Three main geological regions:
Indo-Gangetic Plain and Himalayas, collectively known as North
India; and Peninsula or South India. Ten physiological regions:
Indo-Gangetic Plain, northern mountains of the Himalayas,
Central Highlands, Deccan or Peninsular Plateau, East Coast (Coromandel
Coast in south), West Coast (Konkan, Kankara, and Malabar
coasts), Great Indian Desert (known as Thar Desert in Pakistan)
and Rann of Kutch, valley of the Brahmaputra River in Assam,
northeastern hill ranges surrounding Assam Valley, and islands
of Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal. |
