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counterpart. It is an emergent coastal plain total of 204 islands. Th e two principal groups
and hence, has fewer ports and harbours in of islets include the Ritchie’s Archipelago
comparison to the western coast. Th e eastern and the Labyrinth Islands. An active
coast has well-developed deltas formed by volcano called Barren Volcano is located on
the rivers Mahanadi, Godavari, Krishna and Barren Island in the Andaman Islands. Th e
Kaveri. Andaman Islands are separated from the
Nicobar Islands by the Ten Degree Channel.
Islands

Th ere are two major island groups in India— Lakshadweep Islands
the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the Bay Th e Lakshadweep Islands are located in the
of Bengal and the Lakshadweep Islands in the Arabian Sea and include 43 islands in total. It is
Arabian Sea. located near the Malabar Coast of Kerala. Th ese
Andaman and Nicobar Islands islands are formed by corals and are endowed
Th e Andaman and Nicobar Islands are found with a variety of fl ora and fauna. Minicoy is

within the Bay of Bengal and consist of a the largest amongst the Lakshadweep Islands.

Nicobar pigeon found on the Andaman and Holiday village on Minicoy tropical island,
Nicobar Islands Lakshadweep

islet: a small island

Let’s Recall

• India is the seventh largest country in the world and lies entirely in the Northern and the
Eastern Hemisphere.

• India shares boundaries with Afghanistan and Pakistan in the north-west. China, Bhutan and
Nepal are the north-eastern neighbours while Myanmar lies to the far east and Bangladesh to
the east. Sri Lanka and Maldives lie to the south.
• India has 28 states and 9 union territories.

• On the basis of physical features, India can be divided into six divisions.
• The Northern Plain is located south of the Himalayas and north of the Peninsular Plateau.
This is the most fertile part of India.

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