India - Geographical Position And Physical Features
Karnataka Board · Class 10 · Social Science
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India's Geographical Position and Extent
- India is located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere between 8°4' to 37°6' North Latitude
- Longitudinal extent: 68°7' East to 97°25' East (East-West distance: 2933 km)
- North-South distance: 3214 km from Kanyakumari to Ladakh
Frontiers and Neighboring Countries
- Total land frontier: 15,200 km with 7 countries
- Coastline: 6100 km (mainland), 7516.60 km (including islands)
- Land neighbors: Pakistan (3310 km), China (3917 km), Bangladesh (4096 km), Myanmar (1458 km), Nepal (1752 km), Bhutan (587 km), Afghanistan (80 km)
Northern Mountains (Himalayas)
- Length: 2500 km from Pamir Knot to Arunachal Pradesh
- Three parallel ranges: Siwalik (600-1500m), Himachal/Lesser Himalayas (3600-4500m), Greater Himalayas/Himadri (6000-8000m)
- Siwalik features: Foothills with narrow valleys called 'Duns' (Dehradun, Kotli, Patli)
Northern Great Plains
- Also called Sutlej-Ganga plains
- Extent: Indus plains (west) to Brahmaputra valley (east)
- Length: 2400 km, Width: 70-500 km
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- Karnataka SSLC — kseeb.kar.nic.in
- Dept of Pre-University Education, Karnataka
- National Education Policy 2020 — education.gov.in
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