Continent | Asia |
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Location | Southern Asia | ||
Total Area | 3.28 million sq km | ||
% of world’s Area | 2.42 % of total geographic area of world | ||
Position | Seventh largest country in the world | ||
Latitude | 8° 4 ' N and 37° 6' North | ||
Longitude | 68° 7 ' and 97° 25 ' East | ||
Hemisphere | Northern | ||
Stretch | 3214 km from north south between extreme latitudes 2933 km from east to west between extreme longitudes |
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Land Frontier |
15, 200 km (90.44%) | ||
Coast Line | 7, 500 km (9.56 %) | ||
Neighboring countries | Bhutan, Burma, China, Nepal and Pakistan | ||
Bounding water bodies | Arabian Sea (West) Bay of Bengal (East) Indian Ocean (South) |
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Main Islands | Lakshwadeep Islands in Arabian Sea Andaman & Nicobar Islands in Bay of Bengal |
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Elevation extremes Highest point Lowest point |
Kangchenjunga 8,586 m (28,169.3 ft) Kuttanad -2.2 m (-7.2 ft) |
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Longest river | Ganges–Brahmaputra | ||
Largest lake | Chilka Lake | ||
Maritime claims | Contiguous zone: 24 Nautical Mile (NM) Continental Shelf: 200 Nautical Mile (NM) |
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Exclusive Economic Zone | 200 Nautical Miles (NM) | ||
Territorial Sea |
12 Nautical Miles (NM) | ||
Climate | Tropical monsoon in south Temperate climate in the north |
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Terrain | Himalayas in north Deccan Plateau in south Deserts in west Flat to rolling plain along the Ganges |
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