India

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India

I. Introduction India, country in southern Asia, south of Afghanistan and east of Pakistan. Including the portion of Jammu and Kashmir administered by India but disputed by Pakistan, India has an area of 1,222,243 sq miles . The capital is New Delhi , and the largest city is Mumbai (formerly Bombay).

II. Land and Resources India may be divided into four main regions. The Himalayas, the highest mountain system in the world, lie along India's northern and eastern margins. (This region includes Jammu and Kashmir, a territory disputed between India, Pakistan, and China. India controls most of the territory, but China has occupied the northeastern part of the state since 1962. Pakistan occupies the northwest portion of the territory.) South of them is the northern river-plains region, a belt of lowlands watered by the Indus, Ganges, and Brahmaputra rivers. Further south is the Deccan, a plateau occupying most of peninsular India, with low mountain ranges and deep valleys. The final region consists of the Eastern and Western Ghats, mountain ranges that lie on the east and w...

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