Chapter - Review:
- India is a country of vast geographical expanse.
- india is bounded by the lofty Himalayas in the north, Arabian sea in the west, bay of bengal in east and India Ocean in the south.
- India has an area of bout 3.28 million sq.km.
- kashmir o kanykumari (noth to south) is about 3,200km and Arunchal pradesh to kuchch (east to west) is about 2.900 km.
- India has a diversity of landform, climate, vergetation, wildlife, language, culture etc.
- India is the second - most populous countrt of the world after china.
- india is located in the northern hemisphere.
- The Tropic od cancer (23o 30'N) passes almost halfway throught the country.
- From south to north, mainland of india extends between 8o 4'N and 37o6'N latitudes.
- From west to east, India extends between 68o7'E and 97o25'E longitudes.
- The sun rises two hours earlier in the east (Arunchal pradesh) than in the west (Gujarat).
- There are seven countries that share land boundaries with india. Their names are - myanmar, Bhutan, Nepal, Tibet, China, Pakistan and afghanistan.
- our island neighbours are Sri Lanka and Maldivas.
- The 'Shiwalik' is the southernmost range.
- In the south of the Himalayas lie the Northern India plains. These are generally level and flat. Here the land is fertile for cultivation and there is high concentration of population.
- In the western part of india lies the Great India Desert. It is dry, hot an dsandy stretch of land. It has very little vegetation.
- To the south of northern plains lies the Peninsular Plateau. It is triangual in shape. This is a region with numerous hill ranges and valley. On the border of it, oldest range of the world, Aravail hill are situated. The Vindhyas and the Satpuras are the important ranges. The rivers Narmada and Tapti flow through these rang and drain into Arabian Aea.
- The western coastal plains are very narrow.
- The eastern coastal plains are much broader.
- Mahanadi, Godavari, Krishna and Kaveri are east flowing rivers and drain into the bay of Bengal.
- Lakshadweep Island is located in the Arabian Sea. These are coral inlands located the coast of Kerala.
- The Andman and the Nicobar Islands lie to the Bay of Bangal.
- Delhi is the National Capital of India.
