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Important Geographical facts about India Some Important Geographical facts about India. Here are some important Geographical Points about India. Important Geographical Facts Of World India covers 2.4% of the Earth’s surface. Total land area of India is 32,87,263 sq.km. Kanchenjunga is the highest mountain peak of India. Deccan Plateau is the largest plateau of India and the Ladakh plateau is the highest plateau of India. Andaman is the largest island of India and Majuli is the largest river island of world located in Assam, India. India has only one dessert which is the Thar dessert. It is located in the state Rajasthan. The longest Indian River is Ganga; its length is 2,640 km. The world’s largest delta, (in West Bengal) Sundarban, is made Brahmaputra and Ganga. Aravallis is the oldest mountain ranges of the India. Agriculture Agriculture in India: More than 50 percent of the area of the country is under the cultivation and about 64% of the Indian population is engaged in agriculture. There are two major crop seasons in India, viz.: (i) Rabi (ii) KharifRabi: It is sown in October or December and harvested in April or May. Major crops are: barely, wheat, peas, gram and mustard. Kharif: It is sown in June or July and harvested in September or October. Major crops are: bajra, cotton, jowar, rice and jute. Forests: As per Forest Survey Report 2019, The total forest cover of the country is 21.67% of the geographical area of the country. Tree and forest cover together made up 24.56% of India’s area. Madhya Pradesh has the largest Forest cover in India among all other states. Mizoram has the highest forest cover in terms of percentage of forest cover with respect to total geographical area. More Facts Gujarat has the longest coastline among all the states in India. Bangladesh shares maximum boundary with India. India is divided into 28 States, 7 Union Territories, 1 National Capital Territory. Rajasthan is the largest state of India followed Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, UP. UP is the most populous state of India followed Maharashtra, Bihar, and West Bengal. Uttar Pradesh is only Indian state which has maximum number of neighbouring states. Uttar Pradesh share borders with 9 different states. Nagaland is the only state in India which has English as its Official state language. North-East states and their capitals: Agartala — capital of Tripura. Imphal — capital of Manipur. Itanagar — capital of Arunachal Pradesh. Kohima — capital of Nagaland. Aizawl — capital of Mizoram. Shillong — capital of Meghalaya. Dispur — capital of Assam. Gangtok — capital of Sikkim. > 7 sisters of North-East are all of the above except Sikkim. In India Tropic of Cancer passes through 8 states. Rajasthan, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Tripura and Mizoram. The Indus, Tapi, Sabarmati, Purna and Narmada Rivers flow into the Arabian Sea. Some Important Geographical facts about India. Here are some important Geographical Points about India. Important Geographical Facts Of World Important World Geographical Facts World Geography Points 1) Boundary lines Durand line: Pakistan and Afghanistan Radcliffe line: India and Pakistan Macmohan line: china and India 38th parallel: North and South Korea 49th parallel: USA and Canada Hindenburg Line: Germany and Poland Maginot line: France and Germany 2) Atmosphere layers in that order from earth a. Troposphere b. Stratosphere (Ozone layer in it) c. Mesosphere or Thermosphere d. Ionosphere 3) Mountains-Locations Andes: South America Rockies: North America Alps: Europe Alaska: USA Himalaya: Asia 4) Water resources in Oceans: Pacific> Atlantic>Indian>arctic 5) Top 5 minerals in earth’s crust Oxygen>Silicon> Aluminium>Iron>Calcium 6) Top 4 gases in atmosphere Nitrogen> Oxygen>Argon> CO2 7) Light year, Astronomical unit and Parsec are the units to measure length. 8) Solar system Brightest star after sun: Sirius Planet with maximum satellites: Saturn (Earlier it was Jupiter) Red planet: Mars Blue planet: Earth Brightest planet: Venus Biggest planet: Jupiter 9) Some more information A. Atlantic Ocean between US and UK. B. Largest land locked country: Kazakhstan C. Africa has the most number of countries. D. The Nile has been determined to be the longest river in the world followed the Amazon and the Yangtze. E. The South China Sea disputes involves namely Brunei, China, Taiwan, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, and Vietnam. F. The Red Sea is a sea water inlet of the Indian Ocean, lying between Africa and Asia. G. Canada has the largest coastline among all the countries in the World. H. Rivers and Cities in the World: Hudson: New York Seine: Paris Danube: Vienna Tiber: Rome Thames: London Indus: Karachi Huangpu: Shanghai

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