Differentiate between the physiography of Brazil and India
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Physiography is another term for physical geography.
Area: Brazil : slightly smaller the US
India: slightly more than 1/3 the size of the US
Land: Brazil: 8.46 million sq km
India: 2.97 million sq km
Coastline: Brazil: 7,491 km
India: 7,000 km
Location: Brazil: Eastern South America, bordering the Atlantic Ocean
India: SouthernAsia, bordering the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal, between Burma and Pakistan
Terrain: Brazil: mostly flat to rolling lowlands in north; some plains, hills, mountains, and narrow coastal belt.
India: upland plain, (Decan Plateau) in south, slat to rolling plain along the Ganges, deserts in west, Himalayas in north.
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Difference between the physiography of Brazil and India:
- India houses varied landforms ranging from snowclad mountain ranges to vast deserts, vast plateaus to long coastlines.
- The physiography of Brazil is dominated more by the presence of forests than by any other landform.
- The land area of Brazil is more than twice the area of India. Brazil spans about 8.5 million sq. kilometers of land whereas the land area of India is 3.2 million square kilometers.
- India is surrounded by sea on three sides whereas Brazil only has its eastern edge open to the sea.
- Yet, the coastline of Brazil is slightly longer than that of India.
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