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India Geography 1997https://photius.com/wfb1997/india/india_geography.htmlSOURCE: 1997 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK Location Southern Asia, bordering the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal, betweenBurma and Pakistan Geographic coordinates 20 00 N, 77 00 E Map references Asia Area
Area - comparative slightly more than one-third the size of the US Land boundaries
Coastline 7,000 km Maritime claims
Climate varies from tropical monsoon in south to temperate in north Terrain upland plain (Deccan Plateau) in south, flat to rolling plain alongthe Ganges, deserts in west, Himalayas in north Elevation extremes
Natural resources coal (fourth-largest reserves in the world), iron ore, manganese, mica,bauxite, titanium ore, chromite, natural gas, diamonds, petroleum, limestone Land use
Irrigated land 480,000 sq km (1993 est.) Natural hazards droughts, flash floods, severe thunderstorms common; earthquakes Environment - current issues deforestation; soil erosion; overgrazing; desertification; air pollutionfrom industrial effluents and vehicle emissions; water pollution from rawsewage and runoff of agricultural pesticides; tap water is not potable throughoutthe country; huge and rapidly growing population is overstraining naturalresources Environment - international agreements
Geography - note
dominates South Asian subcontinent; near important Indian Ocean traderoutes
NOTE: The information regarding India on this page is re-published from the 1997 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of India Geography 1997 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about India Geography 1997 should be addressed to the CIA. |