BOUNDRY LINES
- Durand Line :: Pakistan & Afghanistan
- Mac Mohan Line :: India & China
- Radcliffe Line :: India & Pakistan
- Maginot Line :: France & Germany
- Oder Niesse Line :: Germany & Poland
- Hindenburg Line :: Poland & Germany (at the time of First World War)
- 38th Parallel :: North & South Korea
- 49th Parallel :: USA & Canada
Area Geography & Boundaries OF INDIA
1. India stretches 3,214 km from North tovSouth & 2,933 km from East to West.
2. Geography Area of India : 32,87,263 sq.km. Accounts for 2.4% of the total world area and roughly 16% of the world population.
3. Mainland India has a coastline of 6,100km. Including the Lakshadweep and Andaman and Nicobar Islands, the coastline measures about 7516.6 km.
4. In India, of the total land mass:
• Plains Geography: 43.3%
• Plateaus: 27.7%
• Hills: 18.6%
• Mountains Geography: 10.7%
• Plains Geography: 43.3%
• Plateaus: 27.7%
• Hills: 18.6%
• Mountains Geography: 10.7%
5. In the South, on the eastern side, the Gulf of Mannar & the Palk Strait separate India from Sri Lanka.
6. Total land neighbours : 7 Country’s (Pakistan,Afghanistan, China, Nepal, Bhutan,Bangladesh and Myanmar).
7. India‘s Islands include the Andaman &Nicobar Islands in Bay of Bengal and Lakshadweep, Minicoy & Amindive Islands in the Arabian Sea
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