Describe the geographical importance of India
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The geography of India is extremely diverse, with landscape ranging from snow-capped mountain ranges to deserts, plains, hills and plateaus. India comprises most of the Indian subcontinent situated on the Indian Plate, the northerly portion of the Indo-Australian Plate. Having a coastline of over 7,000 km (4,300 miles), most of India lies on a peninsula in southern Asia that protrudes into the Indian Ocean. India is bounded in the southwest by the Arabian Sea and in the southeast by the Bay of Bengal.
India is bordered by Pakistan, the People's Republic of China, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Nepal, Bhutan and Afghanistan. Sri Lanka and the Maldives are island nations to the south of India. Politically, India is divided into 28 states, six federally administered union territories and a national capital territory. The political divisions generally follow linguistic and ethnic boundaries rather than geographic transitions.
Answer:1. Indian is located more or less at the centre of four continents — Asia, Europe, Africa and Australia.
2. The Indian Ocean connects India with other parts of the world through sea routes.
3. India’s long coastline on the Indian Ocean has contributed towards the control over the Indian Ocean.
4. The presence of the lofty Himalayas in the north checks the inward flow of the south - west monsoon to make rain. It is due to the Himalayas that we do not fell severity of the winter.
5. The location of the Himalayas, the Indian desert and the Indian Ocean offers India to build strong Indian Military and Indian Navy.