| Bharat : Geographic
Information
Location
The Indian peninsula is separated from mainland Asia by
the Himalayas. The Country is surrounded by the Bay of Bengal in
the east, the Arabian Sea in the west, and the Indian Ocean to the
south.
Geographic Coordinates
Lying entirely in the Northern Hemisphere, the Country extends between
8° 4' and 37° 6' latitudes north of the Equator, and 68° 7' and
97° 25' longitudes east of it.
Indian Standard Time
GMT + 05:30
Area
3.3 Million sq. km
Telephone Country Code
+91
Border Countries
Afghanistan and Pakistan to the north-west; China, Bhutan
and Nepal to the north; Myanmar to the east; and Bangladesh to the
east of West Bengal. Sri Lanka is separated from India by a narrow
channel of sea, formed by Palk Strait and the Gulf of Mannar.
Coastline 7,516.6 km encompassing the mainland, Lakshadweep Islands,
and the Andaman & Nicobar Islands.
Climate
The climate of India can broadly be classified as a tropical
monsoon one. But, in spite of much of the northern part of India
lying beyond the tropical zone, the entire country has a tropical
climate marked by relatively high temperatures and dry winters.
There are four seasons:
winter (December-February)
summer (March-June)
south-west monsoon season (June-September)
post monsoon season (October-November)
Terrain
The mainland comprises of four regions, namely the great mountain
zone, plains of the Ganga and the Indus, the desert region, and
the southern peninsula.
Natural Resources
Coal, iron ore, manganese ore, mica, bauxite, petroleum,
titanium ore, chromite, natural gas, magnesite, limestone, arable
land, dolomite, barytes, kaolin, gypsum, apatite, phosphorite, steatite,
fluorite, etc.
Natural Hazards
Monsoon floods, flash floods, earthquakes, droughts, and
landslides.
Environment - Current Issues
Air pollution control, energy conservation, solid waste management,
oil and gas conservation, forest conservation, etc.
Environment - International Agreements
Rio Declaration on environment and development, Cartagena Protocol
on biosafety, Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention
on climatic change, World Trade Agreement, Helsinki Protocol to
LRTAP on the reduction of sulphur emissions of nitrogen oxides or
their transboundary fluxes (Nox Protocol), and Geneva Protocol to
LRTAP concerning the control of emissions of volatile organic compounds
or their transboundary fluxes (VOCs Protocol).
Geography
Note India occupies a major portion of the south Asian
subcontinent.
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