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| India's Geography |
The Republic of India is the 7th largest country in the world. The Arabian sea is to the west, to the east - the Bay of Bengal, and the Indian Ocean to the south. It is separated from the rest of Asia by the Himalayan Mountains. Located in the northern hemisphere, India's mainland is 3214 km long from north to south. The land frontier is 15 200 km long.
The country is well protected by the Himalayan. The climate category of India is Monsoon but it is variable. Although the northern part of India is beyond the tropics but its climate is tropical with high temperatures and dry winters. In the north-east India rainfalls are heavy varying between 1 000 and 2 000 mm per year. The other parts of the peninsula gets usually between 100 to 500 mm per year.
In 1996 India had a population of 945 million people with 73% in rural areas. After the year of 2001 the population passed the billion mark which made India the second largest country in the world. Now 16% of mankind lives in India and the averaging density is up to 320 per square km and more.
The wildlife of India is big mix of animal species. The great number of national parks contributes to the preservation of the endangered species. The country is a part of the Indomalaya ecozone. It contains 7.2% of the mammals, 12.6% of avian, 6.2% of reptilian and about 6.0% of the flowering plant species.
