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India
Geography
India is located in South Asia. The country ranks seventh in terms of area (3,287,590 km ²) and the second largest population (1.2 billion people)
India has land borders with Pakistan, China, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Myanmar. Sea border - the Maldives, Sri Lanka and Indonesia.
Himalayas - the highest mountains in the world, surrounded by India from the north and northeast. To the south of the Himalayas, is Indo-Gangetic plain. To the west of this plain, separated from her Aravalli mountain range, extends Thar Desert.
The highest peak Mount Kanchenjunga in India.
Climate
The climate in India are strongly influenced by the Himalayas and the Thar Desert, causing monsoons.
In India, dominated by four major climate: humid tropical, dry tropical, subtropical monsoon and high-altitude.
During the wet season falls over 80% of annual precipitation. Shillong plateau on the slopes is the most rainy place on earth - Cherrapundzhi (12,000 mm). The driest areas - the western part of the Indo-Gangetic plains (100 mm) and the central part of the Indian subcontinent (300-500 mm). The amount of rainfall varies greatly in different years.
Flora
India is one of the countries with the greatest biodiversity.
India - the birthplace of 6.0% of all flowering plants, 33% of plant species are endemic in India.
The natural vegetation is diverse, from tropical rain forests to coniferous forests. On the plains of Hindustan dominate secondary grasslands of acacias, euphorbia, palm trees, banyan tree, sparse forests and thorny bushes of anthropogenic origin. In the mountains survived monsoon forests of teak, sandalwood, bamboo
Fauna
India - the birthplace of 7.6% of all mammalian, 12.6% of all birds, 6.2% of all reptiles, 4.4% of all amphibian, 11.7% of all fish.
The most remarkable endemic Nilgiri langur and a brown toad Kerala. In India there are 172 species that are on the list of species threatened with extinction in the World Conservation Union. They include the Asian lion, a Bengal tiger, and Bengal vulture.
Currently in India there are more than 500 national parks and reserves.
Population
In terms of population (1.2 billion), India ranks second in the world after China. Almost 70% of Indians live in rural areas.
The largest city of India is Mumbai (formerly Bombay), Delhi, Kolkata (formerly Calcutta), Chennai (formerly Madras), Bangalore, Hyderabad and Ahmedabad. On cultural, linguistic and genetic diversity of India is the second largest in the world after the African continent. The average literacy rate of India's population is 64.8% (53.7% among women and 75.3% among men). The male population is 51.5%, and female - 48.5%. The average age of India's population is 24.9 years.
The natural population growth was 2.3%.
Economy
The Indian economy is one of the fastest growing in the world.
The agricultural sector accounts for 28% of GDP, industry and service sectors respectively account for 54% and 18%. The principal crops are rice, wheat, cotton, jute, tea, sugarcane and potatoes. Main industries: automotive, chemical, cement, consumer electronics, pischeobrabatyvayuschaya, engineering, mining, petroleum, pharmaceutical, metal and textiles.
Despite the remarkable economic progress, a quarter of the population lives below the government poverty line.
The main natural resources of India are arable land, bauxite, chromite, coal, diamonds, iron ore, limestone, manganese, mica, natural gas, oil, ore and titanium.
India's main trading partners are the United States, the European Union and China.
Religion
More than 900 million Indians (80.5% of the population) profess Hinduism. Other religions with a significant number of followers is Islam (13.4%), Christianity (2.3%), Sikhism (1.9%), Buddhism (0.8%) and Jains (0.4%). In India, as represented by such religions as Judaism, Zoroastrianism, Baha'i and others.
Culture
Throughout its history, India has managed to preserve the ancient cultural traditions, at the same time to adopt new practices.
In Indian society, enjoyed great respect traditional family values.
architecture
Indian architecture is one area in which most clearly represented by the diversity of Indian culture (such as the Taj Mahal and other monuments of Mughal architecture and South Indian)
Kitchen
Indian cuisine is characterized by a wide variety of regional styles and sophisticated use of the kitchen of roots, herbs and spices. Staple food in the regions is rice and wheat.
The most famous seasoning is black pepper.
Khiri, dal makhni-National dishes.
Ethnic jewelry - tics, bindi, kadzhal, tattoos, earrings, necklaces, etc..
l The traditional men's wear in India includes shervani, lungi, dhoti kurta, and padzhama.
l Shervani is a tight-fitting knee-length jacket