Question

discuss the vast geographical expanse of India
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Answer 1

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India is a country of vast geographical expanse. In the north, it is bound by the lofty Himalayas. The ArabianSea in the west, the Bay of Bengal in the east and the Indian Ocean in the south, wash the shores of the Indian peninsula. ... The peninsula is a pieceof land that issurrounded by water onthree sides.

India lies on the Indian Plate, the northern part of the Indo-Australian Plate, whose continental crust forms the Indian subcontinent. The country is situated north of the equator between 8°4' north to 37°6' north latitude and 68°7' east to 97°25' east longitude.[2] It is the seventh-largest country in the world, with a total area of 3,287,263 square kilometres (1,269,219 sq mi).[3][4][5] India measures 3,214 km (1,997 mi) from north to south and 2,933 km (1,822 mi) from east to west. It has a land frontier of 15,200 km (9,445 mi) and a coastline of 7,516.6 km (4,671 mi).[1]

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Continent. Asia

Region = South Asia Indian subcontinent Coordinates = 21°N 78°E

Area = Ranked 7th

• Total = 3,286,927 km2 (1,269,090 sq mi)

• Land = 91%

• Water = 9%

Coastline = 7,516.6 km (4,670.6 mi)

Total land borders:[1]

15,200 km (9,400 mi)

Bangladesh:

4,096.70 km (2,545.57 mi)

China (PRC):

3,488 km (2,167 mi)

Pakistan:

3,323 km (2,065 mi)

Nepal:

1,751 km (1,088 mi)

Myanmar:

1,643 km (1,021 mi)

Bhutan:

699 km (434 mi)

Highest point = Kangchenjunga 8,586m (28,169 ft)

Lowest point = Kuttanad −2.2 m (−7.2 ft)

Longest river = Ganga (or Ganges)

2,525 km (8,284,121 ft)

Largest lake = Wular Lake

30 to 260 km2 (12 to 100 sq mi)

Exclusive economic zone = 2,305,143 km2 (890,021 sq mi)