The north-south extent from Kashmir to Kanyakumari is 3,200 km. And the east-west extent from Arunachal Pradesh to Kuchchh is about 2,900 km.

The East-West extent of India leads to difference in local time from meridian to meridian. The local time changes by four minutes for everyone degree of longitude. The sun rises two hours earlier in the East, i.e. Arunachal Pradesh than in the West, i.e. Gujarat. This longitude is also known as the standard Meridian of India. Its time is taken as the standard throughout the country.

Two groups of islands also form part of India. Lakshadweep Islands are located in the Arabian Sea.
These are coral islands located off the coast of Kerala. The Andaman and Nicobar Islands lie to the South-East of the Indian mainland in the Bay of Bengal.

To the West of the Western Ghats and the East of the Eastern Ghats lie the Coastal plains.
The Western coastal plains are very narrow. While, the Eastern coastal plains are much broader.
There are a number of East flowing rivers. The rivers Mahanadi, Godavari, Krishna and Kaveri drain into the Bay of Bengal.

Lakshadweep islands are known as coral Islands because these are made up of coral reefs which are skeletons of tiny marine animals called polyps.

There are 29 stares and 7 Union Territories in India. Punjab and Haryana have common capital, i.e. Chandigarh.

The Sunderbans Delta.

The river Narmada and Tapi fall into the Arabian Sea.

The major physical division of India are- The Himalayas; The Northern Indian Plains; The Great Indian Desert; The Peninsular Plateau; The Coastal Plains; and Group of Islands.

There are three neighbouring countries of India among seven countries named Afghanistan, Bhutan and Nepal which do not have access to any ocean or sea.

India is a country of vast geographical expanse. In the North, it is bound by the lofty Himalayas.
The Arabian Sea in the West, the Bay of Bengal in the East and the Indian Ocean in the South, wash the shores of the Indian peninsula. India has an area of about 3.28 million sq. km.
The North-South extent from Kashmir to Kanyakumari is about 3,200 km. The East-West extent from Arunachal Pradesh to Kuchchh is about 2,900 km.
The lofty mountains, the Great Indian Desert, the Northern Plains, the uneven plateau surface and the coasts and islands present a diversity of landforms.

India is a vast country and also marked by a diversity of physical features:
Political and administrative division The country is divided into 28 States and 7 Union Territories. The States are further divided into districts.
Physical division such as mountains, plateaus plains, coasts and islands.
The Himalayan Mountains are standing as sentinels in the North. The Northern Indian plains lie to the South of the Himalayas.
The Great Indian Desert lies in the Western part of India. To the South of the Northern plains lies the Peninsular.
The Western Ghats border the plateau in the West and the Eastern Ghats provide the eastern boundary for the plateau plateau.
Two groups of lslands Lakshadweep Islands are located in the Arabian Sea whereas Andaman and the Nicobar Islands lie to the South-East of the Indian mainland in the Bay of Bengal.