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India is bounded to the southwest by the Arabian Sea, to the southeast by
the Bay of Bengal and the Indian Ocean to the south. Kanyakumari constitutes
the southern tip of the Indian peninsula, which narrows before ending in the
Indian Ocean. The southernmost part of India is Indira Point in the Andaman and
Nicobar Islands. The Maldives, Sri Lanka and Indonesia are island nations to the
south of India with Sri Lanka separated from India by a narrow channel of sea
formed by Palk Strait and the Gulf of Mannar. The territorial waters of India
extend into the sea to a distance of 12 nautical miles (13.8 mi; 22.2 km)
measured from the appropriate baseline.
The northern frontiers of India are defined largely by the Himalayan
mountain range where its political boundaries with China, Bhutan, and Nepal lie.
Its western borders with Pakistan lie in the Punjab Plain and the Thar desert. In
the far northeast, the Chin Hills and Kachin Hills, deeply forested mountainous
regions, separate India from Burma while its political border with Bangladesh is
defined by the watershed region of the Khasi hills and Mizo Hills.
The Ganges is the longest river originating in India and forms the Indo-
Gangetic Plain. The Ganges-Brahmaputra system occupies most of northern,
central and eastern India, while the Deccan Plateau occupies most of southern
India. Along its western frontier is the Thar Desert.
Officially, India's highest point is K2 at 8,611 m (28,251 ft), though it lies
in Gilgit-Baltistan, part of the disputed Kashmir region. Kanchenjunga in Sikkim
at 8,598 m (28,209 ft) is the highest point within India's current geographic
boundaries. Climate across India ranges from equatorial in the far south,
to Alpine in the upper reaches of the Himalayas. Based on the Koppen system,
India hosts six major climatic subtypes, ranging from arid desert in the
west, Alpine tundra and glaciers in the north, and humid tropical regions
supporting rainforests in the southwest and the island territories.