What are the similarities and differences in the fishing activities in Brazil and India
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Eastern South America, bordering the Atlantic Ocean
Geographic coordinates 20 00 N, 77 00 E
10 00 S, 55 00 W
Map references Asia
South America
Area total: 3,287,263 sq km
land: 2,973,193 sq km
water: 314,070 sq km
total: 8,515,770 sq km
land: 8,358,140 sq km
water: 157,630 sq km
note: includes Arquipelago de Fernando de Noronha, Atol das Rocas, Ilha da Trindade, Ilhas Martin Vaz, and Penedos de Sao Pedro e Sao Paulo
Area - comparative slightly more than one-third the size of the US
slightly smaller than the US
Land boundaries total: 13,888 km
border countries (6): Bangladesh 4,142 km, Bhutan 659 km, Burma 1,468 km, China 2,659 km, Nepal 1,770 km, Pakistan 3,190 km
total: 16,145 km
border countries (10): Argentina 1,263 km, Bolivia 3,403 km, Colombia 1,790 km, French Guiana 649 km, Guyana 1,308 km, Paraguay 1,371 km, Peru 2,659 km, Suriname 515 km, Uruguay 1,050 km, Venezuela 2,137 km
Coastline 7,000 km
7,491 km
Maritime claims territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: 200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin
territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: 200 nm or to edge of the continental margin
Climate varies from tropical monsoon in south to temperate in north
mostly tropical, but temperate in south
Terrain upland plain (Deccan Plateau) in south, flat to rolling plain along the Ganges, deserts in west, Himalayas in north
mostly flat to rolling lowlands in north; some plains, hills, mountains, and narrow coastal belt
Elevation extremes mean elevation: 160 m
elevation extremes: lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Kanchenjunga 8,586 m
mean elevation: 320 m
elevation extremes: lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Pico da Neblina 2,994 m
Natural resources coal (fourth-largest reserves in the world), iron ore, manganese, mica, bauxite, rare earth elements, titanium ore, chromite, natural gas, diamonds, petroleum, limestone, arable land
bauxite, gold, iron ore, manganese, nickel, phosphates, platinum, tin, rare earth elements, uranium, petroleum, hydropower, timber
Land use agricultural land: 60.5%
arable land 52.8%; permanent crops 4.2%; permanent pasture 3.5%
forest: 23.1%
other: 16.4% (2011 est.)
agricultural land: 32.9%
arable land 8.6%; permanent crops 0.8%; permanent pasture 23.5%
forest: 61.9%
other: 5.2% (2011 est.)
Irrigated land 667,000 sq km (2012)
54,000 sq km (2012)
Natural hazards droughts; flash floods, as well as widespread and destructive flooding from monsoonal rains; severe thunderstorms; earthquakes
volcanism: Barren Island (354 m) in the Andaman Sea has been active in recent years
recurring droughts in northeast; floods and occasional frost in south
Both are developing countries. The similarities ends here.The dissimilarities are quite pronounced. Example :-
Brazil has land area of 8.5 million square km compared to India’s 3.2 million sq km. i.e Brazil is 2.5 times the size of India and obviously have matching natural resources
Population of Brazil is 210 Million compared to 1300 million of India. That is 2.5 times more natural resources of Brazil are used to feeds 5.5 times less population. So. the per capita natural resource available to Brazilians are about 14 times that is available to Indians.
Per Capita GDP of Brazil in 2016 was 10800 USD and of India was 1850 USD. Still we boast that our economy is most emerging in the world ?
National GDP of Brazil was about USD 1800 billion in 2016 compared to a shade better at 2262 billion USD for India in the same year.
Obviously, the population of India is eating into the per capita GDP compared to Brazil