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Class 9th - Geography - India: Size and Location - Full Chapter Explanation India: Location India India is a vast country. Lying entirely in the Northern Hemisphere. The main land extends between Latitudes - 8o4’N and 37o6’N Longitu...

Class 9th - Geography - India: Size and Location - Full Chapter Explanation India: Location India India is a vast country. Lying entirely in the Northern Hemisphere. The main land extends between Latitudes - 8o4’N and 37o6’N Longitudes - 68o7’E and 97o25’E The Tropic of Cancer (23o30’N) divides the country into almost two equal parts. Class 9th - Geography - India: Size and Location - Full Chapter Explanation  Class 9th - Geography - India: Size and Location - Full Chapter Explanation India To the Southeast and Southwest of the mainland, lie the Andaman Nicobar Islands and the Lakshadweep Islands in Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea respectively. The Southernmost point of the Indian Union - Indira Point got submerged under the sea water in 2004 during the Tsunami.  Class 9th - Geography - India: Size and Location - Full Chapter Explanation India: Size The land mass of India has an area of 3.28 million square km. India’s total area accounts for about 2.4 per cent of the total geographical area of the world. India is the seventh largest country of the world. India has a land boundary of about 15,200 km. The total length of the coastline of the mainland including Andaman and Nicobar and lakshadweep is 7,516.6 km.  Class 9th - Geography - India: Size and Location - Full Chapter Explanation India, Geography and Location India is bounded by the young fold mountains in the Northwest, North and Northeast. South of about 22o North latitude, it begins to taper and extends towards the Indian Ocean, dividing it into two seas, the Arabian Sea on the West and the Bay of Bengal on its East.  Class 9th - Geography - India: Size and Location - Full Chapter Explanation India: Longitude and Latitude and their Significance The latitudinal and longitudinal extent of the mainland is about 30 o. Despite this fact, the East - West extent appears to be smaller than the North - South extent. Explain Longitudinal Extent : Influences the sunrise and sunset from East to West. Latitudinal Extent : Influence the duration of day and night, as one moves from South to North. Class 9th - Geography - India: Size and Location - Full Chapter Explanation Longitudinal extent From Gujarat to Arunachal Pradesh, there is a time lag of two hours. Implications Hence, time along the Standard Meridian of India (82o30’E) passing through Mirzapur (in Uttar Pradesh) is taken as the standard time for the whole country.  Class 9th - Geography - India: Size and Location - Full Chapter Explanation India and the World The Indian landmass has central location between the East and the West Asia. Southward extension of the Asian continent. Strategic central location in India The trans Indian Ocean routes, which connect the countries of Europe in the West and the countries of East Asia. The Deccan Peninsula protrudes into the Indian ocean, thus helping India to establish close contact with West Asia, Africa and Europe from the Western Coast and with Southeast and East Asia from the Eastern Coast. No other country has a long coastline on the Indian Ocean as India has. ∴ It is India’s eminent position in the Indian Ocean, which justify the naming of an Ocean after it.  Class 9th - Geography - India: Size and Location - Full Chapter Explanation India’s contact with the world India’s relationship with world through the land routes are much older than her maritime contacts. The various passes across the mountains in the North have provided passages to the ancient travellers, while the oceans restricted such interaction for a long time. These routes have contributed in the exchange of ideas and commodities since ancient times. How?  Class 9th - Geography - India: Size and Location - Full Chapter Explanation The exchange of ideas and commodities through these routes The ideas of the Upanishads and the Ramayana, the stories of Panchatantra, the Indian numerals and the decimal system thus could reach many parts of the world. The spices, muslin and other merchandise were taken from India to different countries. On the other hand, the influence of Greek sculpture and the architectural styles of dome and minarets from West Aisa can be seen in different parts of our country.  Class 9th - Geography - India: Size and Location - Full Chapter Explanation Suez Canal Since the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869, India’s distance rom Europe has been reduced by 7,000 km.  Class 9th - Geography - India: Size and Location - Full Chapter Explanation India’s Neighbours India and South Asia India occupies an important strategic position in South Asia. India has 28 states and Eight union Territories. India shares its land boundaries with Pakistan and Afghanistan in the Northwest, China (Tibet), Nepal and Bhutan in the North and Myanmar and Bangladesh in the East. Our southern neighbours across the sea consist of the two countries, namely Sri Lanka and Maldives.  Class 9th - Geography - India: Size and Location - Full Chapter Explanation Sri Lanka is separated from India by a narrow channel of sea formed by the Palk Strait and the Gulf of Mannar, while maldives Islands are situated to the South of the Lakshadweep Islands. India has had strong geographical and historical links with her neighbours.