IMPORTANT GEOGRAPHICAL FACTS

Twin cities of India

Twin cities are a special case of two cities or urban centres which are founded in close geographic proximity and then grow into each other over time.

• Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar

• Hyderabad and Secunderabad

• Vijaywada and Guntur

• Ernakulam and Kochi 

• Bhubaneshwar and Cuttack 

• Hubli and Dharwad

• Mumbai, Navi Mumbai and Thane 

• Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad

• Kolkata and Howrah

• Tirunelveli and Palayamkottai

Some Facts

• Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh and the states of India lying completely in the Himalayas.

• Uttarakhand lies party in the Himalayas and partly in the northern plains.

• Coasal States of India: Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Orissa and West Bengal.

• States having international boundary and coastline: Gujarat, West Bengal.

• States having neither coastline or international boundary 1. Madhya Pradesh 2. Haryana 3. Chhatisgarh 4. Jharkand.

• Assam and Up share boundary with 8 other states.

• Assam shares 2 international boundaries and 8 shates.

• UP has 8 state boundaries and 1 international boundary.

• Boundary line between India and Pakistan in Known as RadCliffe line.

• Boundary between India and China is divided into 3 parts–

 J&K sector-Western sector

 H.P and Uttarakhand-Middle sector

 Arunachal Pradesh-Eastern sector

• Eastern sector- Mc Mohan line- demarcated in 1914 – according to Shimla Agreement between British India and Tibet.

• Boundary line between British India and Afghanistan-Durand line.

• Central Asian Republic very close to India¬ – Tajiskistan.

• Water Body separate India and Sri Lanka- Palk strait.

• Water body separate Lakshadweep from Maldives – 8 degree Channel.

• Andaman and Nicobar islands are separated by 10 degree Channel.

• Duncan passage is between South Andaman and Nicobar islands – Great Channel.

• Water body between Indonesia and Andaman and Nicobar islands – Great Channel. 

• Water body between Andaman and Nicobar islands and Thailand is Andaman Sea.

• 2 Provinces of China that borders with India – Tibet and Sikiang.

Riverside Cities - India 

• Agra- Yamuna-Uttar Pradesh 

• Ahmedabad- Sabarmati -Gujarat 

• Ayodhya- Sarayu- Uttar Pradesh 

• Badrinath- Ganga- Uttrakhand 

• Cuttack- Mahanadi- Orissa 

• Delhi- Yamuna- Delhi 

• Dibrugarh -Brahmaputra -Assam 

• Haridwar-Ganga--Uttaranchal 

• Hyderabad-- Musi-- AP 

• Jabalpur-- Narmada-- MP 

• Kanpur-- Ganga-- Uttar Pradesh 

• Kolkata-- Hoogly-- West Bengal 

• Kota-- Chambal-- Rajasthan 

• Lucknow--Gomti--Uttar Pradesh 

• Ludhiana--Sutlej--Punjab 

• Nasik--Godavari--Maharashtra 

• Pandharpur--Bhima--Maharashtra 

• Patna--Ganga--Bihar 

• Rajahmundry-Godavari-Andhra P 

• Sambalpur--Mahanadi-- Orissa 

• Srinagar--Jhelum-- J&K 

• Surat--Tapti--Gujarat 

• Tirucharapallil--Kaveri--Tamil Nadu 

• Varanasi-Ganga--Uttar Pradesh 

• Vijayawada--Krishna-Andhra Pradesh