INDIA - Land

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The territory of India, represents a geographical amalgamation of various features with its mountain ranges, valleys, desert regions, tropical rain forests, fertile plains, dry plateaus, coastal areas etc. 

The largest democracy in the world, the land also known as Bharat or Hindustan is unique with its  incredible diversity, both culturally and physically.

Area
India, is the seventh largest country in the world extending over 3, 287, 263 square km. and occupies a strategic location on the Asian continent. The land extends from 8^o4' to 37^o6 north latitudes and from 68^o7  to 97^o25  degrees east longitude. India measures 3,214 kilometers from north to south and 2,933 kilometers from east to west.  The length of the coastline of the peninsula and the two islands-Andaman and Nicobar and Lakshadweep together is 7, 516.6km.

Boundaries
The Indian peninsula in the south is  bounded on the west by the Arabian Sea, on the east by the Bay of Bengal and on the south by the Indian Ocean. Sri Lanka lies off the southeast coast, and the Maldives off the southwest coast. In the north, north east and north west of the subcontinent lie the Himalayan ranges. India shares borders to the northwest with Pakistan, to the north with China, Nepal and Bhutan, and to the east with Bangladesh and Myanmar.