🃏 Physical India (Geography)

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Northern and North-eastern Mountains — Length? — about 2,500 km (Great Himalayan range)

Northern and North-eastern Mountains — Width? — 160–400 km

The Northern Plain — Length? — about 3,200 km east–west

The Northern Plain — Width? — 150–300 km

The Northern Plain — Alluvium depth? — up to 1,000–2,000 m

The Peninsular Plateau — Height? — 600–900 m

The Indian Desert (Marusthali) — Rainfall? — below 150 mm a year

The Himalayas — Length? — about 2,500 km (Great Himalayan range)

The Satpura range — Height? — 600–900 m

The Western Ghats — Average height? — about 1,500 m

The Western Ghats — Highest peak? — Anaimudi, 2,695 m

The Central Highlands — Height? — 700–1,000 m

Anaimudi — Height? — 2,695 m

Dodabetta — Height? — 2,637 m

Namcha Barwa — Height? — 7,755 m

Indus (Sindhu) — Length? — 2,880 km (1,114 km in India)

Indus (Sindhu) — Basin? — 11,65,000 sq. km (3,21,289 in India)

Indus (Sindhu) — Source? — glacier near Bokhar Chu, Tibet (4,164 m)

Indus (Sindhu) — Mouth? — Arabian Sea

Jhelum — Source? — spring at Verinag

The Jhelum belongs to which river system? — Indus (Sindhu)

Chenab (Chandrabhaga) — Length before Pakistan? — 1,180 km

The Chenab (Chandrabhaga) belongs to which river system? — Indus (Sindhu)

The Ravi belongs to which river system? — Indus (Sindhu)

Beas — Source? — Beas Kund, 4,000 m

The Beas belongs to which river system? — Indus (Sindhu)

Satluj — Source? — Raksas tal, 4,555 m (Tibet)

The Satluj belongs to which river system? — Indus (Sindhu)

Ganga — Length? — 2,525 km

Ganga — Basin in India? — about 8.6 lakh sq. km

Ganga — Source? — Gangotri glacier, Gaumukh (3,900 m)

Ganga — Length by state? — Uttarakhand 110 km · Uttar Pradesh 1,450 · Bihar 445 · West Bengal 520

Ganga — Mouth? — Bay of Bengal, near Sagar Island

Yamuna — Source? — Yamunotri glacier, Banderpunch range

Yamuna — Meets? — the Ganga at Prayag

The Yamuna belongs to which river system? — Ganga

The Chambal belongs to which river system? — Ganga

The Banas belongs to which river system? — Ganga

The Betwa belongs to which river system? — Ganga

The Son belongs to which river system? — Ganga

The Gandak belongs to which river system? — Ganga

The Ghaghara belongs to which river system? — Ganga

The Kosi (Sapt Kosi) belongs to which river system? — Ganga

The Damodar belongs to which river system? — Ganga

Brahmaputra — In Tibet? — Tsangpo, about 1,200 km

Brahmaputra — In the Assam valley? — 750 km

Brahmaputra — Source? — Chemayungdung glacier, Kailash range

Brahmaputra — Mouth? — Bay of Bengal (with the Padma)

The Lohit belongs to which river system? — Brahmaputra

The Manas belongs to which river system? — Brahmaputra

The Tista belongs to which river system? — Brahmaputra

Mahanadi — Length? — 851 km

Mahanadi — Basin? — 1.42 lakh sq. km

Mahanadi — Mouth? — Bay of Bengal

Godavari (Dakshin Ganga) — Length? — 1,465 km

Godavari (Dakshin Ganga) — Basin? — 3.13 lakh sq. km

Godavari (Dakshin Ganga) — Source? — Nasik district, Maharashtra

The Indravati belongs to which river system? — Godavari (Dakshin Ganga)

Krishna — Length? — 1,401 km

Krishna — Source? — near Mahabaleshwar, Sahyadri

The Bhima belongs to which river system? — Krishna

The Tungabhadra belongs to which river system? — Krishna

Kaveri — Length? — 800 km

Kaveri — Basin? — 81,155 sq. km

Kaveri — Source? — Brahmagiri hills (1,341 m)

Narmada — Length? — about 1,312 km

Narmada — Basin? — about 98,796 sq. km

Narmada — Mouth? — Arabian Sea, south of Bharuch

Tapi — Length? — 724 km

Tapi — Basin? — 65,145 sq. km

Tapi — Mouth? — Arabian Sea

Raksas tal (Langa Co) — Height? — 4,555 m

Andaman Islands — Highest peak? — Saddle Peak, 738 m

Nicobar Islands — Highest peak? — Mount Thuiller, 642 m

Lakshadweep and Minicoy — Islands? — about 36 (11 inhabited)

India — Area? — 3.28 million sq. km — 2.4% of the world’s land

India — Rank by area? — 7th largest country

India — North–south? — 3,214 km

India — East–west? — 2,933 km

India — Standard meridian? — 82°30′ E — IST is GMT + 5 h 30 min

India — Coastline? — 6,100 km (mainland); 7,517 km with the islands

India — Territorial waters? — 12 nautical miles (about 21.9 km) from the coast

India — Drainage? — 77% to the Bay of Bengal, 23% to the Arabian Sea