Our India- Physical Features Test 1

The Arabian Sea lies the west of India, the Bay of Bengal and the Indian Ocean lies to the east and south, separately.

To the southeast and southwest of the mainland, lie the Andaman and Nicobar islands and the Lakshadweep islands in Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea respectively.

India is the seventh largest country of the world and world's most populated nation after China.

The total 17.5% population of world is living in just 2.4% area of the world (Census of 2011).

The Himalayas lie to the north of India.

It flows some 1,800 miles (2,900 km) from its source in the Himalayas to its confluence with the Ganges (Ganga) River, after which the mingled waters of the two rivers empty into the Bay of Bengal.

Our country India is the second most populated country in the world.

The Himalaya is the world's highest mountain range home to all fourteen peaks over 8,000m including Everest and K2.

Himalaya means "abode of snow" with an estimated 15,000 glaciers throughout the range.

At night, the sun no longer heats the desert and the heat from the day doesn't stay trapped. Because of this, some deserts can get cold at night.

The Indo-Gangetic plain It is irrigated by three important rivers,the Ganges, Indus and Brahmaputra.

This vast plain is most fertile and productive because of the alluvial soil brought by the streams of the rivers and its tributaries.

A peninsula is a body of land jutting into a lake or ocean, surrounded on three sides by water.

A gulf is a body of water that juts into a land mass, is larger than a bay, and is surrounded on three sides by land.