2006-10-21 02:51:12 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Geography
The Country
India occupies a strategic position in Asia, looking across the seas to Arabia and Africa on the west and to Burma, Malaysia and the Indonesian Archipelago on the east. Geographi- cally, the Himalayan ranges keeps India apart from the rest of Asia.
Location
India lies to the north of the equator between 8' 4' and 37° 6' north latitude and 68° 7' and 97° 25' east longitude. It is bounded on the south west by the Arabian Sea and on the south east by the Bay of Bengal. On the north, north east and north west lie the Himalayan ranges. Kanyakumari constitutes the southern tip of the Indian peninsula where it gets narrower and narrower, loses itself into the Indian Ocean.
Extent
India measures 3214 km from north to south and 2933 km from east to west with a total land area of 3,287,263 sq km. It has a land frontier of 15,200 km and a coastline of 7516.5 km. Andaman and Nicobar islands in the Bay of Bengal and Lakshadweep in the Arabian Sea are parts of India.
2006-10-23 17:33:41 · answer #1 · answered by pelancha 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
India is located between latitudes 8 ° 4' and 37 ° 6 ' north and longitudes 68 ° 7 ' and 97° 25' east.
2006-10-21 04:25:37 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
India (Hindī: भारत Bhārat), officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second most populous country, and the largest democracy in the world. India has a coastline of over seven thousand kilometres[1] and borders Afghanistan [2] and Pakistan to the west; China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the north-east; and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east. India is in the vicinity of the Indian Ocean nations of Sri Lanka, Maldives, Indonesia and Thailand.
2006-10-21 03:19:19 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
India is located in south east Asia. it shares borders with china, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar. It is covered with seas on 3 sides. Indian ocean in the south; Bay of Bengal in the east; Arabian sea in the west.
2006-10-21 07:53:06 · answer #4 · answered by Abhinav Aggarwal 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The territory of India constitutes a major portion of the Indian subcontinent, situated on the Indian Plate, the northerly portion of the Indo-Australian Plate, in southern Asia.
2006-10-21 08:08:43 · answer #5 · answered by Geo06 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
India is a peninsula, in Indian sub-continent in South Asia, with borders with China, Pakistan,Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar & Bangladesh. Afghanitan & Tibet ( Autonomous Region of China), are disputed.
2006-10-21 03:11:52 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
it lies in the the northern hemisphere. In the south east Asia. India is a peninsula country.tropic of cancer passes through the centre of India. i think it's a must 4 u 2 learn about our MOTHER LAND.
2006-10-22 21:07:01 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
india is located in southern asia with the bay of bengal on it's east, arabian sea on it's west, and the indian ocean in the south.
the small island, sri lanka is not far from it's south eastern coast.
2006-10-21 09:46:26 · answer #8 · answered by chococat 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is a peninsula in asia, it has frontiers with: pakistan, nepal,bouthan,bangladesh, and china. it has a large coast on the indian ocean.
2006-10-21 08:03:57 · answer #9 · answered by Majdi B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You don't know where you live?
2006-10-21 03:44:27 · answer #10 · answered by Frank 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋