explain the geographical framework of india
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The Indian mainland has been broadly divided into four geographical areas: the Northern Mountains or the Himalayan region; the great Northern Plains; the Deccan Peninsula; the coastal plains and Islands.
Explanation:
The Himalayan region is composed of states such as Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim, and parts of Assam [19]. The Great Plains are made up of the basins of three large rivers, the Indus, the Ganga, and the Brahmaputra. The Deccan Peninsula covers the whole of South India including states such as Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, and Kerala. The Coastal Plains and Islands are composed of the regions that extend to the sea from the western and Eastern Ghats and the many islands in the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal. In this study, the Northern Plains are composed of Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Assam, West Bengal, Jharkhand, and Chattisgarh. The states constituting the Deccan Plateau are Orissa, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Goa, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu. The last division, the Himalayan region includes the states of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttaranchal, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, and Meghalaya.
What is geographical framework?
We make maps for particular reasons, and those reasons guide the selection of a particular geographic framework - a map projection (which gets us flat), an appropriate scale, and a coordinate system (which helps us locate things on the map). Transforming the curved surface to a flat surface is called map projection.
India is situated north of the equator between 8°4' north to 37°6' north latitude and 68°7' east to 97°25' east longitude. It is the seventh-largest country in the world, with a total area of 3,287,263 square kilometres (1,269,219 sq mi). 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).
Geography of India
Continent
Asia
Region
South Asia
(Indian subcontinent)
Coordinates
21°N 78°E
Area
Ranked 7th
• Total
3,287,263 km2 (1,269,219 sq mi)
• Land
91%
• Water
9%
Coastline
7,516.6 km (4,670.6 mi)
Borders
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
8,586 m (28,169 ft)
Lowest point
Kuttanad
−2.2 m (−7.2 ft)
Longest river
Ganges (or Ganga)
2,525 km (1,569 mi)
Largest lake
Loktak Lake(freshwater)
287 km2 (111 sq mi) Chilika Lake(brackish water)
1100 km2 (424 sq mi)
Exclusive economic zone
2,305,143 km2 (890,021 sq mi)
On the south, India projects into and is bounded by the Indian Ocean—in particular, by the Arabian Sea on the west, the Lakshadweep Sea to the southwest, the Bay of Bengal on the east, and the Indian Ocean proper to the south. The Palk Strait and Gulf of Mannar separate India from Sri Lanka to its immediate southeast, and the Maldives are some 125 kilometres (78 mi) to the south of India's Lakshadweep Islands across the Eight Degree Channel. India's Andaman and Nicobar Islands, some 1,200 kilometres (750 mi) southeast of the mainland, share maritime borders with Myanmar, Thailand and Indonesia. Kanyakumari at 8°4′41″N and 77°55′230″E is the southernmost tip of the Indian mainland, while the southernmost point in India is Indira Point on Great Nicobar Island. The northernmost point which is under Indian administration is Indira Col, Siachen Glacier.[6] India's territorial waters extend into the sea to a distance of 12 nautical miles (13.8 mi; 22.2 km) from the coast baseline.[7] India has the 18th largest Exclusive Economic Zone of 2,305,143 km2 (890,021 sq mi).
The northern frontiers of India are defined largely by the Himalayan mountain range, where the country borders China, Bhutan, and Nepal. Its western border with Pakistan lies in the Karakoram range, Punjab Plains, the Thar Desert and the Rann of Kutch salt marshes. In the far northeast, the Chin Hills and Kachin Hills, deeply forested mountainous regions, separate India from Burma. On the east, its border with Bangladesh is largely defined by the Khasi Hills and Mizo Hills, and the watershed region of the Indo-Gangetic Plain.[clarification needed]
The Ganges is the longest river originating in India. The Ganges–Brahmaputra system occupies most of northern, central, and eastern India, while the Deccan Plateau occupies most of southern India. Kangchenjunga, in the Indian state of Sikkim, is the highest point in India at 8,586 m (28,169 ft) and the world's third highest peak. The climate across India ranges from equatorial in the far south, to alpine and tundra in the upper regions of the Himalayas. Geologically, India lies on the Indian Plate, the northern part of the Indo-Australian Plate.
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