Question

write the short note on island group of india? ​

Answer 1

Besides mainland, Indian Territory also extends into the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal in the form of the Lakshwadeep and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, respectively. India has a total of 615 islands of which 572 lie in the Bay of Bengal and the remaining 43 in the Arabian Sea. The Islands of India are usually divided into two parts (a) Islands close to the coast (b) Islands distant from the coast.

Lakshadweep Islands lying opposite to the coast of Kerala are small but numerous. They are the product of a very quiet work of the short lived microscopic species the coral polyps. They flourish only in shallow warm waters. Many islands are generally ring or horse-shoes shaped and are called atolls.