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Basic Facts

Land

Climate

Flora and Fauna

Somehow many describe India as a continent, not surprisingly, for the county spans 3.29 million-sq km. In the north are China, Nepal and Bhutan, to the northwest, Afghanistan and Pakistan and Myanmar and Bangladesh in the east. The Palk Strait and the Gulf of Mannar separate the county's slender southern tip from the island-state of Sri Lanka.