Friday, January 1, 2016

IMPORTANT GEOGRAPHICAL FACTS



Twin cities of India

Twin cities are a special case of two cities or urban centres which are founded in close geographic proximity and then grow into each other over time.
• Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar
• Hyderabad and Secunderabad
• Vijaywada and Guntur
• Ernakulam and Kochi 
• Bhubaneshwar and Cuttack 
• Hubli and Dharwad
• Mumbai, Navi Mumbai and Thane 
• Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad
• Kolkata and Howrah
• Tirunelveli and Palayamkottai

Some Facts
• Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh and the states of India lying completely in the Himalayas.
• Uttarakhand lies party in the Himalayas and partly in the northern plains.
• Coasal States of India: Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Orissa and West Bengal.
• States having international boundary and coastline: Gujarat, West Bengal.
• States having neither coastline or international boundary 1. Madhya Pradesh 2. Haryana 3. Chhatisgarh 4. Jharkand.
• Assam and Up share boundary with 8 other states.
• Assam shares 2 international boundaries and 8 shates.
• UP has 8 state boundaries and 1 international boundary.
• Boundary line between India and Pakistan in Known as RadCliffe line.
• Boundary between India and China is divided into 3 parts–
 J&K sector-Western sector
 H.P and Uttarakhand-Middle sector
 Arunachal Pradesh-Eastern sector
• Eastern sector- Mc Mohan line- demarcated in 1914 – according to Shimla Agreement between British India and Tibet.
• Boundary line between British India and Afghanistan-Durand line.
• Central Asian Republic very close to India¬ – Tajiskistan.
• Water Body separate India and Sri Lanka- Palk strait.
• Water body separate Lakshadweep from Maldives – 8 degree Channel.
• Andaman and Nicobar islands are separated by 10 degree Channel.
• Duncan passage is between South Andaman and Nicobar islands – Great Channel.
• Water body between Indonesia and Andaman and Nicobar islands – Great Channel. 
• Water body between Andaman and Nicobar islands and Thailand is Andaman Sea.
• 2 Provinces of China that borders with India – Tibet and Sikiang.

Riverside Cities - India 

• Agra- Yamuna-Uttar Pradesh 
• Ahmedabad- Sabarmati -Gujarat 
• Ayodhya- Sarayu- Uttar Pradesh 
• Badrinath- Ganga- Uttrakhand 
• Cuttack- Mahanadi- Orissa 
• Delhi- Yamuna- Delhi 
• Dibrugarh -Brahmaputra -Assam 
• Haridwar-Ganga--Uttaranchal 
• Hyderabad-- Musi-- AP 
• Jabalpur-- Narmada-- MP 
• Kanpur-- Ganga-- Uttar Pradesh 
• Kolkata-- Hoogly-- West Bengal 
• Kota-- Chambal-- Rajasthan 
• Lucknow--Gomti--Uttar Pradesh 
• Ludhiana--Sutlej--Punjab 
• Nasik--Godavari--Maharashtra 
• Pandharpur--Bhima--Maharashtra 
• Patna--Ganga--Bihar 
• Rajahmundry-Godavari-Andhra P 
• Sambalpur--Mahanadi-- Orissa 
• Srinagar--Jhelum-- J&K 
• Surat--Tapti--Gujarat 
• Tirucharapallil--Kaveri--Tamil Nadu 
• Varanasi-Ganga--Uttar Pradesh 
• Vijayawada--Krishna-Andhra Pradesh 

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