1. BY PAT AND CONNOR INDIA

2. SIZE AND LAND USAGE Area: 3,287,263 sq. kilometers 7 th largest country in the world About 7,000 km of coastline Arable land 47.87%

3. MAP OF INDIA

4. MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURES India is surrounded by three main bodies of water the Arabian Sea, the Bay of Bengal, and the Indian Ocean. Himalayan Mountains The Ganges River is the longest river in India The Thar desert in the West The Deccan Plateau

5. IMPACT OF GANGES RIVER Most heavily populated basin in the world People live along its banks for daily needs such as bathing and fishing Important to the Hindus Most sacred river

6. INDIA COMPARED TO THE USA