INDIAN AND WORLD GEOGRAPHY (UPSC)

 (TO BE UPDATED WEEKLY)

INDIAN GEOGRAPHY

PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY OF INDIA: Location, Plateaus, Coastlines, Plains (summary)

 Location

East-West: 68° 7′ east to 97° 25′ east longitude

South- North: 8° 4′ north to 37° 6′ north latitude

Location Extend: 8° 4′ N to 37° 6′ N latitude and 68° 7′ E to 97° 25′ East longitude.

* India account for 2.4% of world total surface

* Total Area of India- 32,87,263 sq km

* India share longest international border with Bangladesh (4,096 km), Shortest is Afghanistan

* 5 Indian sates shares boundary with China

*
Palk Strait divided India and Sri Lanka

* India share 7 international boundary with other Nations

PLATEAUS OF INDIA

* India has Central Highlands and Deccan Plateaus

* Central Highlands consists of- 

1. Marwar Upland

2. Madhya Bharat Pathar

3. Malwa Plateau

4. Bundelkhand Plateau

5. Baghelkhand Plateau

6. Chotanagpur Plateau

* Deccan Plateaus Consists of-

1. Maharashtra Plateau

2. Karnataka Plateau

3. Telangana Plateau

COASTLINES OF INDIA

* India has a coastlines of 7516.6 km

* East Coast of India

- Utkal Coast (Orissa)

- Andhra Coast

- Tamil Nadu Coast

- Coramandal Coast (Payan Ghat)---- Coastline of emergence

* West Coast of India

- Konkan Coast (Goa & Maharashtra)---- Coastline of submergence

- Malabar Coast ( Kerala & Karnataka)---- Coastline of emergence

PLAINS OF INDIA

* Plains of India can be divided into - The Northern Plains & Coastal Plains

* The Northern Plains can be divided into-

1. Punjab Plains

2. The Ganga Plains

3. Brahmaputra Plains

* Coastal Plains can be divided into- (Western Coastal Plains & Eastern Coastal Plains)

- Western Coastal Plains:

1. Kutch and Kathiawar region

2. Gujarat Plain

3. Konkan Plain

4. Karnataka Coastal Plain

5. Kerala Plain

- Eastern Coastal Plain:

1.Utkal Plain

2. Andhra Plain

3. Tamil Nadu Plain