1. Total Geographical Area largest country -  32,87,263 km² (seventh largest country) 

2. Latitudinal Extent - 8°4'  North to 37° 6 North  (mainland)

3. Longitudinal Extent - 68°7' East to - 97° 25' East

4. North-South Extent - 3,214 km

5. East-west Extent - 2,933 km

6. Land Frontier - 15,200 km

7. Coast line - 7516.6 km (inlcuding the Andaman and Nicobar and Lakshdweep)

8. Standard Meridian - 82 ½ E Longitude (passes through middle of India near Allahabad)

9. Southern most place of mainland - Kanyakumari

10. Southern most point of India - Indira Point (Nicobar Island) 


Important hills of the Siwalik Range

1. Dafla, Miri, Abor and Mishmi - Arunachal Pradesh

2. The Dhang Range, Dundwa Range, and the Churia Ghat Hills - Nepal

3. Jammu Hills - Jammu


Important Ranges of the Lesser Himalaya

1. Pir Panjal Range (400 km long) longest range of the Himalaya

 2. Dhaula Dhar Range

 3. Nag Tibba Range

4. Mussorie Range (2,000-2,600 m) 

5. Mahabharat Range (Nepal)


Ranges and their Heighest Peak

 Mountain Range                               Highest Peak          

                  

1. Karakoram Range                           Mt K2 (Godvin Austen)                                                    

2. Ladakh Range                                 Mt. Rakaposhi (7,880 m)                                                        

3. Kailash Range                                 Mt. Kailash     (6714 m)

                                                        

Highest peaks of the Himalayas

 Mountain Peaks                                             Height                                             Location                                  

1. Mt. Everest                                                    8,848m                                            Nepal                          

2. Kanchenjunga                                               8,598m                                            Sikkim

3. Makalu                                                          8,481m                                            Nepal 

4. Dhaulagiri,                                                    8,172m                                            Nepal 

5. Nanga Parbat                                                8,126m                                            Jammu and Kashmir

6. Annapurna                                                    8,078m                                            Nepal

7. Nanda devi                                                   7,817m                                            Uttaranchal          

8. Kamet                                                           7,756m                                           Uttaranchal 

9. Namcha Barwa                                            7,754 m                                          Arunachal pradesh    

10. Gurla Mandhata                                         7,728 m                                          Nepal


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