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![]() ![]() India Geography 1999
Location: Southern Asia, bordering the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal, between Burma and Pakistan Geographic coordinates: 20 00 N, 77 00 E Map references: Asia
Area:
Areacomparative: slightly more than one-third the size of the US
Land boundaries:
Coastline: 7,000 km
Maritime claims:
Climate: varies from tropical monsoon in south to temperate in north Terrain: upland plain (Deccan Plateau) in south, flat to rolling plain along the Ganges, deserts in west, Himalayas in north
Elevation extremes:
Natural resources: coal (fourth-largest reserves in the world), iron ore, manganese, mica, bauxite, titanium ore, chromite, natural gas, diamonds, petroleum, limestone
Land use:
Irrigated land: 480,000 sq km (1993 est.) Natural hazards: droughts, flash floods, severe thunderstorms common; earthquakes Environmentcurrent issues: deforestation; soil erosion; overgrazing; desertification; air pollution from industrial effluents and vehicle emissions; water pollution from raw sewage and runoff of agricultural pesticides; tap water is not potable throughout the country; huge and rapidly growing population is overstraining natural resources
Environmentinternational agreements:
Geographynote: dominates South Asian subcontinent; near important Indian Ocean trade routes
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