About Our Country

INDIAN OCEAN DEVIDED BY GEOGRAPHYCALLY

India, the second largest country in the world population wise and seventh territory wise, is north of the Equator, between 8'4''to 37'6" North latitude and 68'7"to 97'25" East longitude. The country's land is flanked by the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea, along the southeast and along the southwest respectively. On the western border is situated Pakistan and in the east, Bangladesh and Burma. Along her northern boundary are Bhutan, Nepal, Tibet and Sinking region of China. The Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait separate India from Sri Lanka.

From North to South, India measures about 3214km and from east to west, about 2933km.The total land area is 32,68,090 sq. km. Its land frontier is 15,200km and coastline, 6103km.

The Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the Bay of Bengal and Laksha-Dweep in the Arabian Sea are parts of the Indian Territory.

THE FOUR MAJOR GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS OF INDIA ARE :

The Himalayan Range: (Jammu & Kashmir/ Ladakh/ Uttaranchal/ Himachal/ Sikkim-Darjeeling/ Arunacahl/ Assam)

The Indo Gangetic Plain (Delhi/ Uttar- Pradesh/ Bihar/ West Bengal/ Jharkhand/ Punjab)

The Desert regions (Rajasthan/ Gujrat)

The Deccan Plateau and Peninsula (Madhya-Pradesh/ Orissa/ Tamil-Nadu/ Andhra Pradesh/ Karnataka/ Kerela/ Maharastra)

1)The Himalayan Range are interspersed with wide plateaus and valleys like Kashmir, Kulu & Doon. Some of the world's highest peaks are in the Himalayas. This mountain region covers about one-sixth the area of India. This stretches from one end of India to the other in the northern most part of the country and comprises almost parallel ranges between which are found large plateau and beautiful fertile valleys. They extend over a distance of around 2,400 Km.

2) Indo-Gangetic Plains, The near-level among the greatest stretches of the flat alluvium in the world, are formed by the basins of three rivers- The Indus, The Ganga and The Brahmaputra. This extends across Northern India for about 2,400 Km with a width varying from 260 to 350 Km. It is almost the most densely populated area in the whole earth. It is a little over a quarter as large as the mountain region.

3) The Desert Regions : The “Great Desert” extending from the edge of Ran of Kutch beyond the Luni river northward, embracing the whole of Rajasthan- Indus frontier, and the "Little Desert" extending from the Luni river between Jaisalmer and Jodhpur up to the north. Between both the deserts is rocky waste.

4) The Deccan Plateau and Peninsula, extending south of the Vindhyas is geologically the oldest portion of the Indian land. The Aravalli, Vindhya, Maikalu and Ajanta mountain ranges separate this Plateau from the Gangetic plain. This Plateau is flanked by the Eastern and the Western Ghats. The average height of the Eastern Ghats is around 600metres and that of the Western Ghats is around 1000 meters. Some peaks in the Western Ghats are more than 2000 meters high. The western Ghats fall abruptly in to the Arabian Sea. The narrow strip of land formed in between is highly fertile and comprises mostly the state of Kerala. Both the Ghats meet at the southern point in the Nilgiri hills, in which is situated the Queen of hill stations called Oocadamandalam or more lovingly Ooty.

Major Seasons to explore the India Ocean :

The Indian climate is a cycle of six seasons. There are areas where the distinction of the seasons is felt, but in most areas the six seasons overlap.

It is quite possible to tour India round the year, even blistering heat and the monsoons, the north part of India “The Himalaya” we can explore in Summer Season. The Himalayan peaks will be covered with snow most of the year but in the summer snow only on top. The plains of India are at their freshest in the Winter Season. The optimum season to travel in northern India, from Rajasthan to Delhi is between September and March, although it would be quite chilly from December to January, but quit well. To the east, the more extreme combination of heat, humidity and monsoon leaves only November to February fairly comfortable. Southern India is always hot but again, it is at its best between October and March. The green strip of Kerala down the Malabar Coast is more temperate, with a much gentler climate.

The scorching pre-monsoon heat, the monsoon deluge and the post-monsoon humidity strike almost everywhere some time between May and September. The stultifying pre-monsoon heat is to be avoided throughout the country. But when the rains come, they have their own attraction, provided the humidity between showers is bearable. It is a repeated agony-ecstasy cycle.
The winter is more or less pleasant throughout the country except Great Himalayan Region. In the north temperatures falls steeply; in western, southern and eastern India, the winter is cool.
The summer is hot is most parts of the country. But there are a number of hill destination to attract the tourists far example Himalayan Range includes Shivalik Range.

The south-west monsoon begins on the west coast in early June and spreads to other parts. In most of India it rains from June to September. But the southeastern regions experience greater rainfall during November to January, due to the advent of the northeast monsoon.

Cool spots are mostly British -built retreats from the boiling Madras and Bombay, such as Ootacamund and Kodaikanal in the Nilgiris and the Cardamom hills dividing Tamilnadu and Kerala states, Mahabaleshwar and Pune in the Western Ghats of Maharastra, and Mount Abu on the Rajasthan-Gujarat border.

Rainfall in India is variable. The northeastern region, the western slopes of the Western Ghats and parts of the Himalayas have very high rainfall of around 2000mm annually. The eastern part of the peninsula extending up to the northern plains receive around 1000 to 2000mm rainfall annually, while the area from the Western Deccan up to the Punjab plain gets around 100mm to 500mm rainfall. Kutch and Ladakh areas have hardly any rainfall. Chirapunji in Assam is said to receive the highest amount of rainfall in the whole world.