The plain accounts for about 40% of the total area, the mountains only account for 25%, and the plateau accounts for 1\3, but the elevation of most of these mountains and plateaus does not exceed1000 m.
The terrain is low and gentle, which has an absolute advantage in the whole country. Not only is the transportation convenient, but also with the cooperation of tropical monsoon climate and fertile soil conditions such as alluvial soil and tropical black soil suitable for agricultural production, most of the land can be used for agriculture, and crops can grow all year round, which has unique natural conditions.
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The whole of India is hot, and most of it belongs to tropical monsoon climate, while thar desert in western India belongs to tropical desert climate. There is an obvious monsoon in summer and no obvious monsoon in winter. The climate in India is divided into rainy season (June ~ 65438+1October), dry season (March ~ May) and cool season (1 1 ~ February of the following year). In winter, due to the barrier of Himalayas, there is no cold current or cold high pressure going south to affect India.
India is rich in mineral resources, with bauxite reserves and coal production ranking fifth in the world, and mica exports account for 60% of the world's exports. By the end of 1996, the recoverable reserves of major resources in India are estimated to be 46.389 billion tons of coal (excluding coking coal), 9.754 billion tons of iron ore, 2.253 billion tons of bauxite, 0.24 billion tons of chromite/kloc-0, and 65.5 million tons of manganese ore.
5.89 million tons of zinc, 3.52 million tons of copper, 6.5438+0.36 million tons of lead, 68.477 billion tons of limestone, 86.5438+0.00 million tons of phosphate, 86 tons of gold, 896 million tons of oil and 697 billion cubic meters of natural gas. In addition, there are mica, gypsum, diamonds and minerals such as titanium, thorium and uranium. The forest coverage rate is 2 1.9%.
The capital of India is New Delhi, and the population of Delhi is * * *16753000 (2011). Delhi is located on the bank of yamuna river, a tributary of the Ganges River in India. It is directly under the jurisdiction of the central government, including new and old Delhi and suburban villages, with an area of 1485 square kilometers (including urban area of 446.3 square kilometers).
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