Mumbai (I) Flashcards
India forms a peninsula which divides the Indian ocean into which two seas ?
The Bay of Bengal and The Arabian Sea
How many countries does it share its borders with ?
6
What countries does it share its borders with ?
Pakistan Nepal China Bhutan Bangladesh Myanmar (Burma)
How many km is its border
15200km
What is the area of the country ?
3.3 Million km^2
How many inhabitants are there ?
1.31 Billion
What year did the country gain independence from Britain ?
1947
What also happened in 1947 ?
Partition between India and Pakistan
Name two organisations the country is apart of ?
- WTO
-Indian Ocean Rim
-Non Aligned Movement
-South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
Commonwealth of Nations
What is the major factor of the country
its strategic position of being in the centre of the Indian Ocean
What does the country want to control ?
Wants to control the east-west shipping routes where oil is transported to East Asia as a hub of transport
communication and trade within its wider region
The tropic of …. divides the country in two
tropic of cancer divides the country in two
How many hours ahead of GMT is it ?
5:30 ahead
The country has a range of latitudes … name two types of biomes in the country as a result of this ?
Himalaya mountains in the North Thar or great dessert in the West Jungles in the North East Ganges plains northern regions Deccan wooded plateaus in the southern peninsula
Three major rivers of India are …
Ganges Brahmaputra and Godavari
