geographical extent of india Flashcards
latitude and longitude of india.
8degree 4min north to 37 degree 6 min north latitude and 68 degree 7min east to 97degree 25 min east longitude
northen most point of india
indira col,siachen glacier in karakoram range.
eastern most point of india
kithibu town in arunachal pradesh
western most point of india
ghuarmoti,kutch dist. of gujrat
southern most of india
indira point in great nicobar island in the andaman sea.
kanyakumari is southern most in indian mainland
land border of india
15106.7km
coastline of india including all islands.
excluding all islands
7516.6km
6100km
states having coastline
gujrat ( LONGEST COASTLINE), maharashtra, goa( shortest coastline), karnataka, telengana, orrisa, WB ,
india’s longest border with
bangladesh
india’s shortest border
afghanistan(pok touches afganistan)
neighbouring states
- AFGHANISTAN(80)KM
- BHUTAN(587)KM
- MYANMAR(1458)KM
- NEPAL(1752)KM
- PAKISTAN(3310)KM
- CHINA(3917)KM
- BANGLADESH(4096)KM
BORDERING STATES
- J&K(POK)
- WB,SIKKIM, ARUNACHAL PRADESH &ASSAM
- ARUNACHAL PRADESH, NAGALAND,MANIPUR,MIZORAM
- BIHAR,UTTARAKHAND,UP,SIKKIM,WB
- J&K,PUNJAB,RAJASTHAN,GUJRAT
- J&k, HIMACHAL PRADESH,UTTARAKHAND,SIKKIM,ARUNACHAL PRADESH
- WB, MIZORAM, MEGHALAYA, TRIPURA, ASSAM.