Sunday, May 3, 2015

GEOGRAPHY CLASS IX--INDIA LOCATION

INDIA LIES IN NORTHERN HEMISPHERE.
TROPIC OF CANCER DIVIDE THE COUNTRY IN ALMOST TWO PARTS.
THE COUNTRY SOUTH MOST POINT IS INDIRA POINT.
INDIRA POINT GOT SUBMERGED WHEN TSUNAMI CAME.
INDIA HAS COVERED ALMOST 2.4% OF THE WORLD LAND.
INDIA HAS 3.28 MILLION SQUARE KM.
INDIA IS THE SEVENTH LARGEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD.
FROM GUJRAT TO ARUNACHAL PRADESH,INDIA HAS TIME LAG OF 2 HOURS.
THE STANDARD TIME MERIDIAN OF INDIA PASSES THROUGH MIRZAPUR.
SINCE THE OPENING OF SUEZ CANAL,INDIA AND EUROPE DISTANCE HAS REDUCED BY 7000 KM.
INDIA HAS NINE NEIGHBOUR.
WHICH ARE:PAKISTAN,AFGANISTAN,BHUTAN,CHINA,MYANMAAR,NEPAL,BANGLADESH,MALDIVES AND SRI LANKA.
INDIA AND SRILANKA ARE SEPERATED BY PALK STRAIT AND GULF OF MUNNAR.