GEOGRAPHY OF INDIA

GEOGRAPHY OF INDIA

The country 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 the with a total land area of 3,287,263 square kilometres (1,269,219 sq mi). India measures 3,214 km (1,997 mi) from north to south and 2,993 km (1,860 mi) from east to west. It has a land frontier of 15,200 km (9,445 mi) and a coastline of 7,517 km (4,671 mi).

The Maldives, Sri Lanka and Indonesia are island nations to the south of India with Sri Lanka separated from India by a narrow channel of sea formed by and the. The territorial waters of India extend into the sea to a distance of 12 13.8 mi; 22.2 km) measured from the appropriate baseline.

The is the longest river originating in India and forms the The Ganges-Brahmaputra system occupies most of northern, central and eastern India, while the occupies most of southern India. Along its western frontier is the which is the seventh-largest desert in the world.

The geography of India describes the physical features of, a country in that lies entirely on in the northern portion.