Total Area: 3,287,263 square kilometers
Land Area: 2,961,166 square kilometers Water Area: 326,096 square kilometers Size Comparative to US: The US has a total area of 9.834 million square kilometers so it is about 3 times larger than India which makes India seem very small considering how many people live there Bordering Countries: Bangladesh, China, Pakistan, Nepal, Myanmar, and Bhutan Total Distance of Land Boundaries: 15,106 kilometers Total Distance of Coastline: 7,517 kilometers Climate Description: Tropical climate in the south and temperate and alpine climates to the north near the Himilayan moutains Terrain Description: Himilayan mountians and mountainous regions to the north, plateaus in the south, deserts to the west, and flat, rolling plains along the Ganges Point of Lowest Elevation: Kuttanad which lies -2.2 meters below sea level Point of Highest Elevation: Kanchenjunga which sits 8,598 meters above sea level |