Geography

Visit India and you make certain to be astounded by its geographical landscapes running from snow-topped mountain reaches to deserts, fields, rainforests, slopes, and levels! With a territory of 3.3 million Sq. Km it is the seventh biggest nation on the planet. It comprises of twenty-eight states and seven Union Territories. India is likewise the second biggest crowded nation on the planet, next just to China. Its populace is around 1027 million (according to 2001 statistics). Around 16% of the total populace lives in India. Be that as it may, with respect to zone, India represents just 2.42% of the complete world territory.

The Indian landmass is isolated from terrain Asia by the Himalayas: the world's most elevated mountain chain. The most elevated point being K2 at 8,611 meters (28,251 ft) trailed by Kangchenjunga, at 8,598 m (28,209 ft).

The nation's landmass is separated into four genuinely clear areas:

• Northern mountain region:
• Indo-Gangetic Plain:
• Desert area :
• Southern peninsula

It is circumscribed by Pakistan the north-west, China, Bhutan and Nepal toward the north, Myanmar toward the east and Bangladesh toward the east of West Bengal. Sri Lanka, the Maldives and Indonesia are island countries toward the south of India. Additionally encompassing the nation is the Bay of Bengal in the east, the Arabian Sea in the west and the Indian Ocean in the south.

India can be composed along the compass focuses:

North India, molded like a throat and two lungs, is the nation's biggest district. It starts with the beg of Jammu and Kashmir, a powerful region with landscape fluctuating from dry mountains in the far north to the lake nation and timberlands close Sringar and Jammu. Falling south along the Indus stream valley, the North becomes compliment and increasingly cordial, enlarging into the rich fields of Punjab toward the west and the Himalayan lower regions of Uttar Pradesh and the Ganges waterway valley toward the East. Squeezed between these two states is the capital city, Delhi. The southwestern furthest point of the North is the huge territory of Rajastan, whose chief highlights are the Thar Desert and the dazzling "pink city" of Jaipur. Toward the southeast is southern Uttar Pradesh and Agra, home of the well known Taj Mahal.

West India contains the conditions of Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, and part of the monstrous, focal territory of Madhya Pradesh. The west coast reaches out from the Gujarat landmass down to Goa, and it is fixed with a portion of India's best sea shores. The land along the coast is normally rich, with rainforests arriving at southward from Bombay right to into Goa. A long mountain chain, the Western Ghats, isolates the verdant coast from the Vindhya Mountains and the dry Deccan level further inland.
Home of the holy Ganges River and most of Himalayan lower regions, East India starts with the conditions of Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Orissa, which involve the westernmost piece of the district. East India additionally contains a zone known as the eastern triangle, which is completely particular. This is the last swallow of land that reaches out past Bangladesh, coming full circle in the Naga Hills along the Burmese outskirt.

India arrives at its peninsular tip with South India, which starts with the Deccan in the north and finishes with Cape Comorin, where Hindus accept that washing in the waters of the three seas will wash away their transgressions. The states in South India are Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, and Kerala, a most loved recreation goal. The southeast coast, reflecting the west, likewise rests cozily underneath a mountain extend - the Eastern Ghats.

India, additionally prominently known as Bharat or Hindustan, offers huge provincial varieties in its atmosphere, from cool mountain pastures close to the icy masses, through blustery level, to warm waterway valleys and consuming deserts. This decent variety in the climatic conditions all through the nation is additionally reflected in its rich flora and fauna.