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fiogf49gjkf0d INDIA IS THE WORLD'S 7TH LARGEST COUNTRY WITH AN AREA
OF 3,287,782 SQ KM AND LIES IN THE HEART OF ASIA. IT FRONTS
THE BAY OF BENGAL ON THE SOUTHEAST AND THE ARABIAN SEA ON
THE SOUTHWEST. INDIA IS BORDERED BY PAKISTAN TO THE
NORTHWEST, BY NEPAL, BHUTAN AND CHINA TO THE NORTH AND BY
MYANMAR (FORMERLY BURMA) AND BANGLADESH TO THE EAST.
FROM SOUTH TO NORTH THE COUNTRY CAN BE DIVIDED INTO THREE
MAJOR REGIONS: THE DECCAN PLATEAU AND CENTRAL HIGHLANDS,
THE PLAINS REGIONS AND THE HIMALAYAS.
THE TRIANGULAR DECCAN PLATEAU IS A VAST GRANITE PLATEAU
THAT DOMINATES THE SOUTHERN PENINSULA OF INDIA. IT IS
SEPARATED FROM THE INDO-GANGETIC PLAIN IN THE NORTH BY THE
VINDHYA AND SATPURA MOUNTAINS AND BY THE EASTERN AND
WESTERN GHATS RANGES RUNNING PARALLEL TO THE COROMANDEL
AND MALABAR COASTS. THIS AREA REPRESENTS 40 PERCENT OF THE
NATION'S TERRITORY.
THE PLAINS ARE COMPOSED OF THE LOWLANDS SURROUNDING THE
PLATEAU REGION AND INCLUDES THE GANGA BASIN IN THE
NORTHEAST AND THE WESTERN AND SOUTHEASTERN COASTAL PLAINS.
THE PLAINS WHICH MAKE UP 45PERCENT OF THE AREA LIE FOR THE
MOST PART BELOW 300M. THE THAR DESERT IN THE NORTHWEST
COVERS 8 PERCENT OF THE COUNTRY.
THE HIMALAYAS EXTEND FROM NORTHWEST TO NORTHEAST AND
INCLUDE SOME OF THE HIGHEST MOUNTAINS IN THE WORLD.
INDIA'S HIGHEST IS KANCHENJUNGA - K2 IN KASHMIR RISING TO
8,598M.
THE FIVE GREATEST RIVERS IN INDIA ARE THE GANGA,
BRAHMAPUTRA AND INDUS IN THE NORTH AND GODAVARI AND
KRISHNA IN THE SOUTH.
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