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                        68°          72°         76°         80°         84°        88°         92°         96°
                         TAJIKISTAN                                                                                    36°
                   36°                 Nanga Parbat  K2
                       AFGHANISTAN        8126  Karakora m  Kunlun Ra.
                                                    8611
                                           Pir Panjal
                                             Ra.
                                                Ladakh Ra.
                                                G
                                                           Kailas Ra.
                                    Jhelum                                                                             32°
                                                   R
                                                   Zaskar Mts.
                   32°                Chenab  Dhauladhar Ra.   Kangar Tesi
                                                      E
                                                Beas
                                        Ravi             A      (Kailas)
                                                                 6714
                        P A K I S T A N                Kamet  T   Manasarovar Lake
                                                       7756
                                                             Rakas
                                   Satluj        Shiwalik Nanda Devi  H    C   H   I   N   A    A   S
                                                                                        Tsangpo
                                                                               T I B E T
                                                           7817
                           Indus           Desert      Ganga       Dhaulagiri I  M A L A    Y                 Mishmi Hills  28°
                                                         Ra.
                                                                    8172
                                                                          Gauri Sankar
                   28°                 Indian  R a .  Yamuna       N E P A L 7145           BHUTAN     Dafla Hills
                                                                                                       Mikir Hills Patkai Hills
                                                                                Mt. Everest
                                   Great      Sambhar    Plains of the Ganga   (Sagarmatha)  Kangchenjunga  Brahmaputra
                                                                                       8598
                                                                                 8848
                                     Luni A r a v a l l i  Lake Chambal  Ghaghara   Kosi      Garo Hills Khasi Hills  Naga Hills
                                                                           Gandak
                                         Gandhi                                           BANGLADESH    Jaintia Hills  24°
                                         Sagar    Bundelkhand                 Ganga Hills  Rajmahal
                   24°   Rann of Kutch  Malwa Plateau        S o  n p a r H i G.B. Pant Sagar       Tripura Hills  Tropic of Cancer
                                            Vind hya Ra.    Baghelkhand Chhota Nagpur Plt. Parasnath    Mizo Hills
                                                                   Son l l s
                                                                                1366
                                                                            A
                       Gulf of Kutch      I       N        D    Maikala Ra.  I Ramgarh Hills  Sundarbans
                          648                    Satpura Ra.                   Garhjat Hills
                            Kathiawar    Narmada                  Mahanadi                                MYANMAR
                             Gir Ra.        Tapi      Mahadeo              Hirakud       New Moore Is.      Mt. Victoria
                               Gulf of Khambhat  Satmala Hills  Gawilgarh Hills  Malayagiri  (India)                   20°
                                                                                                            3109
                                                                              1187
                   20°                        Ajanta Ra.
                                       Kalsubai                        Mahendra Giri  Chilika Lake
                                           Godavari
                                       1646                            1501          B  A   Y
                                       Mahabaleshwar
                                          1438                                        O   F
                      ARABIAN SEA              Bhima 648           at  s
                                                          Krishna Gh           B   E  N   G   A   L                    16°
                                          Krishna
                   16°                 Western                         Learn More...
                                                                                                               Preparis Is.
                         The Himalayas               Nallamala Hills  Eastern  When two large water bodies are  Coco Is.
                                                                                                               (Myanmar)
                                                                       connected through a narrow water
                                               Tungabhadra  Palkonda Ra.  COAST  passage, it is called a strait. The Palk  Narcondam Is.
                                                                                                              (Myanmar)
                                                                       Strait between India and Sri Lanka joins
                                                                       the Bay of Bengal to the north-east and
                                           Ghats
                                                                EL     Gulf of Mannar in the south-west.   ANDAMAN  (India)  12°
                                                       Javadi Hills
                                                                                                                Barren Is.
                   12°                                          ND                                              (India)
                                             Nilgiri Hills  Shevaroy Hills    REFERENCES
                                                Doddabetta                                               AND
                                                  2637         COROMA
                                                      Kaveri
                                                Anai                            Northern Mountains
                                                Mudi                                                   (INDIA)
                                                2695  Anaimalai Hills           Highlands/Plateaus         ANDAMAN SEA
                                                           Palk Strait          Plains                   NICOBAR
                                                  Periyar
                            (INDIA)
                                 LAKSHADWEEP SEA  Hills  Adam’s Bridge          Heights in metre                       8°
                   8°               Minicoy Is.         Gulf               Ra.  Ranges
                                            MALABAR COAST
                                                         of    SRI
                               LAKSHADWEEP
                                                  Cardamom
                                                       Mannar              Plt.  Plateau                   ISLANDS
                                                              LANKA                                               Indira Point
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